 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 112by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - Italy - 1850 - 750 pages
...ark of worship undc Л led. Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality j and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined. See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His... | |
 | 1850 - 628 pages
...creeds ; they rest between man and his Maker;" and although in stanza CLV. St. Peter's is described as " A fit abode, wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou Shall one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His Holy of... | |
 | 1852 - 216 pages
...the Cathedral. Interior. " Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow." In describing the Interior we shall presume the visitor to enter at the South Doors (the usual place),... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - Flower language - 1852 - 330 pages
...eternal ark of worship undefiled. 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.... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - American literature - 1852 - 696 pages
...the poetry c< : it sounds like an involuntary revelation oí m:e,>.: conviction. Again — " the mimi Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode...enshrined Thy hopes of immortality : and thou Shalt one d:iy^ if lound worthy, so defined. Seo thy God lace to face, us tnou doet now His Holy of Holies, nor... | |
 | 1852 - 702 pages
...of immortality : and thou Shslt one day, if found worthy, so defined, J?ce thy God f.ico to face, us thou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow." Yet, poor, weak, fickle, terrified man! How often does he turn from the afflatus of Revelation, to... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - Italy - 1853 - 394 pages
...eternal ark of worship undefiled. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms theenot; And why ? it te not lessen'd ; 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 Ihou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow."... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...overwhelms thee not; And why? it is notlesaon'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Ная grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality; nnH thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His... | |
 | Alfred Bunn - Social Science - 1853 - 348 pages
...return to it again, and you will find " Its grandeur overwhelms thee not, And why ? it is not lessened; but thy mind Expanded by the genius of the spot Has grown colossal." View it in every possible direction ; stand over it, sail under it, look down upon it, look up to it;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...worship undefiled. CLV. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; l And why ? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. 1 ["I remember very well," says Sir Joshua Reynolds, "my own disappointment when I first visited the... | |
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