...the pass of Chiuzenji, getting wonderful views of rocks, and peaks, and forests, and waterfalls. ' A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping...thro' wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a slumberous sheet of foam below: and, dew'd with showery drops, Up-clomb the shadowy pine above the...

...And like a downward smoke, the slender stream Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping...And some thro' wavering lights and shadows broke, liolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below. They saw the gleaming river seaward flow From the inner land...

...deep quietude, the dreamy haze, the lulling spell, of the enchanted land, reflected in the verse: — 'A land of streams! Some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go; And some through wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a. slumbrous sheet of foam below. . . . There is...

...abundance. In his beautiful poem called the " Lotos-Eaters," Mr. Tennyson thus describes the country : — " A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ; And some through wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below. They saw the gleaming...

...daily discovering new beauties of scenery little known to the otitside world. " A land of streams I Some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ; And some through wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below." Through the long...

...[Milton.] 33. With eyes upraised, as one inspired, Pale Melancholy sat retired. — [Collins. ] 34. Some, like a downward smoke Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn did go. — [Tennyson. ] 35. . . . and if his fellow spake, His voice was thin, as voices from the grave. —...

...Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ; And some thro' wavering lights and shadows broke, Boiling a slumbrous sheet of foam below. They saw the gleaming...mountain-tops, Three silent pinnacles of aged snow, Stood sun-set flush'd : and, dew'd with showery drops, Up-clomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. ....

...lAnd like a downward smoke, the slender stream {Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke. Slow-dropping...below. They saw the gleaming river seaward flow From the/inner land : .far off, three mountain-tops, '' ' Stood sunset-flush'd : and, "deWfr with showery...

...natural images to achieve a dream landscape is again characteristic. The details are often well observed: A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping...mountain-tops, Three silent pinnacles of aged snow, Stood sunset-flush'd: . . . There are Keatsian echoes ("Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful...

...but in intense colours and strong vivid forms. The heir of Keats liked the softer charm, and sang : A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping...and shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below.33 Browning preferred a complex vigour not unlike his own : And no ignoble presence! On the bulge...