 Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit,...  The poetical works of lord Byron. Illustr. ed - Էջ 396George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 276 էջ
...few detached lines is all that is left in regard to them by the Roman poets. The Alps themselves, " The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow," — even these, the most glorious objects which the eye of man can behold, were regarded by the ancients... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 296 էջ
...tbroned eternity, in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderholt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals,...show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below. THE ALPS AT DAY-BREAK. ROGERS. THE sun-beams streak the azure skies, And line with light... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829
...eternity, in icy halls Of cold suhlimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderholt of suow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around...show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man helow. THE ALPS AT DAY-BREAK. THE sun-heams streak the azure skies, And line with light the mountain's... | |
 | 1830
...for doing that, which cannot be well done, without a considerable degree of minuteness and prolixity. The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow!" Above me are the Alps, Canto Hi. G3. Another instance of the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831
...springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fail . LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alp.', 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 passed... | |
 | James Johnson - 1831
...excited very dissimilar trains of thought in two cotemporary poets of first rate genius. BYRON — . Above me are the ALPS, The palaces of Nature, whose...spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to shew How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave mean man below. CAMPBELL — Afar, Where ANDES, Giant... | |
 | Benjamin Bailey - 1831 - 119 էջ
...under the poet's description of this river among the mountains of Switzerland. I could not say — " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose...walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps." But we often found ourselves in spots upon the banks of this splendid stream, which is thus beautifully... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832
...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy hanks, though empires near them fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832
...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though empires near them fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces...show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below. LXII1. Bnt ere these matchless heights 1 dare to scan, There is a spot should not be pass'd... | |
 | James Bell - 1832
...' The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And tbroned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms...show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below.* The Middle Alps begin at about 5,500 feet above the sea, and rise to the line of perpetual... | |
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