 | 1842 - 650 Seiten
...sculptor's art : but the crush'd circle now Hath lost its rounded form — yes, all must soon lie low. It were a pious work, I hear you say, To prop the...desolation. It may be That ye say right ; but, oh, work tenderly ; Beware lest one worn feature ye efface — Seek not to add one touch of modern grace ; Handle... | |
 | Sir George Gilbert Scott - 1879 - 464 Seiten
...most Conservative treatment, winding up with a quotation from a poetical friend of Mr. Petit's— " It were a pious work, I hear you say, To prop the...of desolation. It may be That ye say right ; but, O! work tenderly .' Beware lest one worn feature ye efface ; Seek not to add one touch of modern grace... | |
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It were a pious work, I hear you say. To prop the falling ruin, and to stay The work of desolation. It may be That ye say right ; but, O, work tenderly ; Beware lest one worn feature ye efface — Seek not to add one touch of modern grace ; Handle with... 