And, like the builders, will in time decay.
The old Foundation - but it is not clear
When it was laid - you care not for the year;
On this, as parts decayed by time and storms,
Arose these various disproportion’d forms;
Yet Gothic all - the learn’d who visit us
(And our small wonders) have decided thus:-
“Yon noble Gothic arch,” “That Gothic door;”
So have they said; of proof you’ll need no more.
Here large plain columns rise in solemn style,