 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...rivers, which flow gushingly With many windings, through the vale; — Look back : Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its traok, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, " Horribly beantiful ! but on the verge,... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale : — Look back ! Lo ! where it 'comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in...the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering rtiorn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady... | |
 | 1818 - 574 pages
...rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale t — Look back ! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract. (P. 36—38.) The image presented us of ancient Rome is full of moral magnificence, and with this we... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...rive», which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :—Look back ! Io ; where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread,—a matchless cataract, " Horribly beautiful ! hot on the verge, From side to side, beneath... | |
 | 1818 - 502 pages
...profound Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to aide, beneath the gtitterin gn An Iris shs, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, whileall around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through tho vale :— Look back! Lo! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, 37 LXXII. Horribly beautiful! but on the verge,' From side to side , beneath the glittering morn, An... | |
 | Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 462 pages
...of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings thro' the vale : Look back ! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity ! As if to sweep down all things...infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn 475 Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant... | |
 | Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 468 pages
...of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings thro' the vale : Look back ! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity ! As if to sweep down all things...morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hqpe upon a death-bed, and, unworn NARNI. 875 Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted... | |
 | English literature - 1846 - 522 pages
...CAPTAIN LEVINGE. (CONCLUDED.) CHAP. XIII. UPPEK CANADA — NIAGARA. .... Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity As if to sweep down all things in...Like Hope upon a death-bed, and unworn Its steady eyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bear serene Its brilliant hues with all their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale : — Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, LXXII. Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris... | |
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An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene. 
