"Corbel" Quotes from Famous Books
... are song and laughter. The cheeks of Christmas glow red and jolly, And sprouting is every corbel and rafter With lightsome green of ivy and holly: Through the deep gulf of the chimney wide 215 Wallows the Yule-log's roaring tide; The broad flame-pennons droop and flap And belly and tug as a flag in the wind; Like a ... — The Vision of Sir Launfal - And Other Poems • James Russell Lowell
... the tower bears a plain corbel, supporting what is supposed to be the remains of an oak case for ... — Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury - with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire • H. J. L. J. Masse |