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Description: | "The Great Colonnade is a range of erect regular columns on the main coast, rising to the average height of 36 feet. It is formed of three distinct beds of rock of unequal thickness, inclined towards the east at an angle of nine degrees. The hexagonal and pentagonal forms are predominant, but they are intermixed with figures of several sides extending even to eight and nine in number. The Great Causeway lies along the side of the colonnade, and consists of tops of extensive series of broken columns, terminating in a projecting point at the eastern side of the great cave. Altogether, it is a
'.......................................................Fit school
For the presumptuous thoughts that would assign
Mechanic laws to agency divine;
And measuring heaven by earth would over-rule
Infinite power. The pillar'd vestibule
Expanding, yet precise, the roof embowed,
Might seem designed to humble man, when proud
Of his best workmanship by plan and tool.'
Down-bearing with his whole Atlantic weight
Of tide and tempest on the structure's base,
And flashing to that structure's topmost height,
Ocean has proved its strength, and if its grace
In calms is conscious, finding for its freight
Of softest music some responsive place.'
Wordsworth."
Descriptive letterpress from the book 'Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery' by G W Wilson | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | John Duffus, A Marion, Son & Company | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Wilson, George Washington | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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