 | 1829 - 516 頁
...— a worship made desolate — a people scattered and peeled; — where the long-continuous shadow of the lofty and slender round tower moves slowly from morn till eve, over wasted churches, overturned oratories, shattered crosses, scathed yewtrees, and the tombs, now undistinguishable, of... | |
 | 1835 - 298 頁
...overthrown—a work-shop made desolate—a people scattered and peeled; where the long, continuous shadow of the lofty and slender round tower moves slowly...tombs, now undistinguishable, of bishops, abbots, and anchorites—walking its round as time's sentinel, and telling forth to the Ancient of Days how many... | |
 | William Frederick Wakeman - 1848 - 214 頁
...St. Kevin. The ruins of many ecclesiastical structures yet remain, and " the long, continuous shadow of the lofty and slender Round Tower moves slowly,...churches, crumbling oratories, shattered crosses, scathed yew trees, and tombs, now undistinguishable, of bishops, abbots, and anchorites."* How few of the gay... | |
 | 1858 - 734 頁
...visitors of that desolate district, where, to quote atiother writer : — "The long, continuous shadow of the lofty and slender Round Tower moves slowly,...churches, crumbling oratories, shattered crosses, scattered yew-trees, and tombs, now undistinguishablu, of bishops, abbots, and anchorites." We have... | |
 | Hiram Francis Fairbanks - 1888 - 494 頁
...archbishop of Dublin. A writer has well described the place in these words: "The long, continuous shadow of the lofty and slender round tower moves slowly...churches, crumbling oratories, shattered crosses, scattered yew-trees, and tombs, now undistinguishable, of bishops, abbots, and anchorites." When St.... | |
 | William Frederick Wakeman - 1889 - 522 頁
...St. Kevin. The ruins of many ecclesiastical structures yet remain, and the " long continuous shadow of the lofty and slender Round Tower moves slowly,...churches, crumbling oratories, shattered crosses, scattered yew trees, and tombs, now undistinguishable, of bishops, abbots, and anchorites." How few... | |
 | William Frederick Wakeman, John Cooke (M.A.) - 1903 - 444 頁
...ecclesiastical structures yet remain ; and ' the long continuous shadow of the lofty and slender Eound Tower moves slowly from morn till eve over wasted...undistinguishable — of bishops, abbots, and anchorites.' St. Kevin was of the Eoyal House of Leinster, and died at a great age in 618. We are told in a ' Life... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1835 - 440 頁
...— a work-shop made desolate — a people scattered and peeled ; where the long, continuous shadaw of the lofty and slender round tower moves slowly from morn till eve, over wasted churches, overturned oratories, shattered crosses, scathed yew trees, and the tombs, now undistinguishable, of... | |
 | 1846 - 972 頁
...till eve, over wasted churches, overturned oratories, shattered crosses, scathed yew-trees, and the tombs— now undistinguishable — of bishops, abbots, and anchorites, walking its round as time-sentinel, and telling forth to the Ancient of days, how many suns have run their diurnal and annual... | |
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The ruins of many ecclesiastical structures yet remain, and " the long, continuous shadow of the lofty and slender Round Tower moves slowly, from morn till eve, over wasted churches, crumbling oratories, shattered crosses, scathed yew trees, and tombs,... 