Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Spain: Granada | | The Cathedral | | William Congreve (1670–1729) |
| | (From The Mourning Bride, Act II. Scene III)
HOW reverend is the face of this tall pile | |
| Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads | |
| To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, | |
| By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, | |
| Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe | 5 |
| And terror on my aching sight. The tombs | |
| And monumental caves of death look cold, | |
| And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart! | | | | |
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