From “Childe Harold,” Canto IV.
  SIMPLE, erect, severe, austere, sublime,—
  Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods,
  From Jove to Jesus,—spared and blest by time;
  Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods
  Arch, empire, each thing round thee, and man plods
  His way through thorns to ashes,—glorious dome!
  Shalt thou not last?...