 Far, far above, piercing the infinite sky, Mont Blanc appears, still, snowy, and serene; Its subject mountains their unearthly forms Pile around it, ice and rock; broad vales between Of frozen floods, unfathomable deeps, Blue as the overhanging heaven,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 4181818Full view - About this book
 | Rodney Farnsworth - Art - 2001 - 360 pages
...serene — Its subject mountains their unearthK forms Pile around it. ice and rock: hroad vales hetween Of frozen floods. unfathomable deeps. Blue as the...that spread And wind among the accumulated steeps l60-66l. Percy Shelley is offering an image of true substance here: we must remember that this vast... | |
 | Stuart Peterfreund - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 432 pages
...silence as the "things for ever speaking" down below are. Far above, piercing the infinite sky, Mount Blanc appears, — still, snowy, and serene — Its subject mountains their unearthly forms Pile round it, ice and rock; broad vales between Of frozen floods, unfathomable deeps, Blue as the overhanging... | |
 | Noah Heringman - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 340 pages
...Mont Blanc in Shelley's scene is not just resistant to form, but a vigorous agent of its destruction. Its "subject mountains their unearthly forms / Pile around it, ice and rock," forming a "desart peopled by the storms alone" (62-67): —how hideously Its shapes are heaped around!... | |
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