 Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou Shalt one day, if found...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 114by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | John Murray (Firm) - Rome - 1869 - 566 pages
...of worship undeflled. "Enter : its ¡rrandeur overwhelms thee not; And why > it is not lessen' J ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossiil, and can only find Л fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou... | |
 | Appleton D. and co - 1870 - 788 pages
...ark of worship undenled. "Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why? it Is not lessen'd; tat thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot. Has...immortality ; and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so denned, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by His brow."... | |
 | Thomas Henry Clark - 1883 - 204 pages
...In tbe words of Byron, Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not : And •why ? It is not lessened ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality. On the right the bronze seated statue of St. Peter, though not ve'ry large, arrests attention, with... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 308 pages
...of worship undefiled. CLV Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only fmd (Ephesian's miracle) ; celui même que brûla Érostrate. 1. Sophia. La mosquée de Sainte-Sophie,... | |
 | Europe - 1883 - 414 pages
...it has undergone. The fagade was built by Galilei, in 1734.$ The cloisters of the adjacent Monastery Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortal,ty. " * " A St. Pierre, le pape est souverain pontife. A St J. Lattran il est eveque de Rome."... | |
 | Theodore Strong Van Dyke - Deer hunting - 1883 - 408 pages
...St. Peter's at Rome, Byron says: " Its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why ? It is not lessened, but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal." Who has not felt this when among the mountains, and wondered at the ever-changing deceptiveness of... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...ark of worship undefiled. A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thon Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy...now, His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp, which still doth rise,... | |
 | Thomas H. Kinane - 1884 - 568 pages
...grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? It is not lessened ; but thy mind Expanded by the glories of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appeard enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1885 - 176 pages
...of worship undefiled. CLV. Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? it is not lessened ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...immortality ; and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so denned, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow.... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - Europe - 1885 - 328 pages
...undefiled," bids us " Enter; its grandeur overwhelms thee not : And why ? It is not lessened : but the mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot. Has grown...wherein appear enshrined, Thy hopes of immortality." The immense size of the cathedral does not at once strike the mind; it grows upon us. It measures in... | |
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