 | Religion - 1818 - 904 pages
...scalps, And throned eternity in icy balls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to showHow earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below.'' p 3G. At length he arrives on the borders... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1819 - 370 pages
...scenes in •which it leaves me : " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose, vast wall) Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned...spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits as to shew How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below." Your's, &c. LETTER XX. LAUSANNE. My... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And thoned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1820 - 622 pages
...seas," and with the sounds of his lyre set " the big rain dancing to the earth." Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy hallii Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...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 in vain,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...springing o'er thy banks, though empires near them f LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show Hew Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. LXIII. But ere these matchless heights I... | |
 | John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...the noble author has so completely pourtrayed himself that it would be ridi288 THIHD CANTO OF culous to separate the pilgrim from the poet, however disagreeable...which nothing short of personal observation could have LAKE OF GENEVA. 289 enabled any one to describe accurately, and which none but a mind enthusiastically... | |
 | John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 476 pages
...the noble author has so completely pourtrayed himself that it would be ridi288 THIKD CANTO OF culous to separate the pilgrim from the poet, however disagreeable...to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave rain man below !" An Alpine tempest is pictured with a power which nothing short of personal observation... | |
 | Arlincourt (vicomte d', Charles Victor Prévôt) - 1822 - 270 pages
...heart ! . . . . What was it ?..... the Wild Mountain! Elodia was in the midst of high mountains ; — " The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gathers around their summits, as to show How earth may... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1827 - 472 pages
...Byron's just description of ' Those palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds Uieir snowy scalps, And throned eternity in icy halls Of...— the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirits, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to shew, How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave... | |
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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,... 
