...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXH. t & J ' ` 4 ͇ man below. LXHI. But ere these matchless heights I dare to scan, There is a spot should not be passed...

...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The Palaces...forms and falls The Avalanche — the thunderbolt of snowl All that expands the spirit, yet appals Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may...

...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LJX. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces...halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanrhp — t.tie t.tinnjjerhnlt of annw I All that expands the spirit,, yet, appals, Gather around...

...emporzutragen. Wir lassen wieder einige der bezeichnendsten Stellen folgen; in Childe Harold: — — — Above me are the Alps. The palaces of Nature, whose...show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. Ferner in Manfred: — — — My mother Earth: And them, fresh breaking Day, and you, ye...

...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. Farewell yetappalls. Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain...

...springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII But these recede. Above me are the Alps, 690 The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. LXIII But ere these matchless heights I dare to scan, There is a spot should not be pass'd...

...Apennintt; Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise! 3375 Pope : E. on Criticism. T": ii. Line- 32 Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose...walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And thron'd Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt...

...[To these passages I may add the two stanzas in which Byron makes a direct reference to the Alps.] But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces...halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow! All that expounds the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these...

...springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII But these recede. Above me are the Alps, S9o Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry; Or rapt...the sacred lyre. xv Perhaps the Christian volume is man below. LXIII But ere these matchless heights I dare to scan, There is a spot should not be pass'd...

...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though empires near them fall. 62 come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom,...and master. Fast they come, fast they come ; See how balls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that...