Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed scholars only, this immense And glorious work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated less or more. A History of Cambridgeshire - Page 175by John William Edward Conybeare - 1897 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Thornbury - 1861 - 356 pages
...an eloquent expression of the imperishable greatness of his country. CHAPTER XII. GOTHIC ART. • " And glorious work of fine intelligence, Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated — less or more. So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars,... | |
| 1863 - 982 pages
...CAMBRIDGE TAX rot the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-match'd aims the Architect who plann'd (Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed...the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more : — So deem'd the man who fashion'd for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...the silent air, Or the unimaginable touch of Time. LXXXI INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE TAX not the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-matched...planned — Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white robed Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pages
...the silent air, Or the unimaginable touch of Time. LXXXI INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE TAX not the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-matched...planned — Albeit labouring for a scanty band • Of white robed Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst... | |
| 1865 - 392 pages
...hill ! Thou, stately York ! and ye, whose splendors XLIII. INSIDE OF KINO'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE. TAX not the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-matched aims the Architect who planned — Albeit laboring for a scanty band Of white-robed Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine... | |
| Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 pages
...CAMBRIDGE. TAX not the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-raatch'd aims the Architect who plann'd (Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed...Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated less or more: — So deem'd the man who fashion'd for the sense These lofty pillars,... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 424 pages
...cheer Isis and Cam, to patient Science dear ! sxrri. INSIDE OF KIN'lJ'a COLLEGE CIIAI'EL, CAMBRIDGE. TAX not the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-matched...planned — Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white robed Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 pages
...ill.matehed aims the Arehitect who planned— Alheit lahouring for a scanty hand Of white.rohed Seholars only— this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence...Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely.caleulated less or more ; So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars,... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 pages
...comes and goes a sky Bright as the glimpses of eternity, To saints accorded in their mortal hour. -^ Tax not the royal saint with vain expense, With ill-matched...Give all thou canst ; high heaven rejects the lore Of nicely- calculated less or more : So deemed the Man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars... | |
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