...without the noise of axe or hammer. In the words of the Poet : — ' Ifo workman's ateel, no ponderous axes rung, ' Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung, ' Majestic silence ! then the harp avvoke, ' The cymbal clanged, the deep voiced trumpet spoke : ' And Salem spread her suppliant arms...

...Heber's " Palestine," referring to the building of the Temple :— " No workman steel, no ponderous axes rung : Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung ;— Majestic silence." (4) Lambent— from the Latin lambens, licking ; touching lightly, as if with the tongue. (5) Yetfrott-boimd~ie...

...Heber at once composed those fine lines which appear in that poem : — No workman steel, no ponderous axes rung ! Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung. Majestic silence ! Heber's verse is not lacking in energy, but the most forcible passages are not lifted out of the...

...palace, then, in awful * state, The Temple reared its everlasting gate : No workman's steel, no ponderous axes rung! Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung. Majestic silence ! Bishop Heber. IV. THE SEA-SHORE. |N every object here I see Something, O Lord, that leads to Thee....

...HEBER'S Palestine, 1st ed. This was altered, not advantageously, as I think, in later editions : — " No workman steel, no pond'rous axes rung ; Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung." It is related that Sir Walter Scott breakfasted at Brazenose College, on the morning that Heber was...

...erection." Before the party broke up the lines had been added : " No workman's steel, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung ; Majestic silence - " The prose essay on " Common Sense " was first recited from the rostrum in the Sheldonian theatre,...

...building. " Then in awful state The Temple reared its everlasting gate. No workman's steel, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric...Majestic silence ! then the harp awoke, The cymbal clanged, the deep-voiced trumpet spoke." It reminds us how we, the living stones of God's holy Temple,...

...Parian stone : Yet here fair Science nursed her infant fire. FannM by the artist aid of friendly Tyre. Then towerd the palace, then in awful state. The temple rear'd its everlasting gate. No workman's steel, no pond'rous axes rung : Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung. Majestic...

...fHKN towered the palace, then in awful state The temple reared its everlasting gate : No workman's steel, no pond'rous axes rung ; Like some tall palm...Majestic silence ! Then the harp awoke, The cymbal clanged, the deep-voiced trumpet spoke ; And Salem spread her suppliant arms abroad, Viewed the descending...

...palace, then in awful state The Temple reared its everlasting gate: No workman steel, no ponderous axes rung! Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric...Majestic silence! — then the harp awoke, The cymbal clanged, the deep-voiced trumpet spoke; And Salem spread her suppliant arms abroad, Viewed the descending...