 To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never...  Readings in science and literature - Page 352by Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been; To climb the trackless monntain all uuseen, with the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; Co This is not solitnde ; 'tis but to hold "'averse with Nature's charms, and view her stores uuroll'd.... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1831 - 482 pages
...ne'er or rarely been ; Tu climb the truckles* mountain all unseen, With the wild flock llml never needa a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude: 't is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and see her stores umoll'd. t But let this tranquillity... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 594 pages
...a man of genius the right of thoughtful reserve, and the privilege, " Midst the crowd, the hum and the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess ?" But the respect with which even his most intimate friends observed his serious mood, showed that... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1832 - 832 pages
...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely, been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll' d." Btpo*. » 8 Now, there is a large class in this world of plodding, industrious, devout... | |
 | Thomas Rose - Cumberland (England) - 1832 - 238 pages
...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled." " But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...foaming falls to lean — • This is not solitude ; 't is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. XXVI. But 'midst the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...foaming falls to lean — • This is not solitude ; 't is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. XXVI. But 'midst the... | |
 | Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett - 384 pages
...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell. And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ! This is not solitude, 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms and view her stores unroll'd I" When on a sudden I heard a loud shriek ! tbe scream of a woman in distress ! my romance was aroused,... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1834 - 398 pages
...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude : "t is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and see her stores unroll'd. * But let this tranquillity... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean...solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's God, and view His stores unroll'd. EAI THE practices of the best men are moro subject to error than... | |
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