| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...wish avow'd! Уогсс of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains. They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds. Willi a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand ; Rut ere it... | |
| George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...beautiful, and suited to their various supposed characters. That of the Mountain Spirit runs thus: Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned...waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand ; But, ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The glaciers' cold and restless... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The Glacier's cold and restless... | |
| University of Glasgow - College prose, English - 1836
...ALPS, OK LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF A TRAVELLER. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Manfred, Act I. Scene I. THE following pages may, perhaps, be uninteresting to some, the strength of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! /'oice oftiie SKCOSD SPIRIT. Mont-Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They rrown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, *Л "tlh a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand; But ere... | |
| John Murray - Switzerland - 1829 - 312 pages
...rose the Col de Geans, and at its side Mont Blanc, towering in stately form above the other Alps. 23 " Monarch of mountains ! They crowned him long ago On...Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche is in his hand." There is something in the awful solitudes of mountain scenery which moves the soul.... | |
| Wilhelm Mueller - 1830 - 444 pages
...erracfyt, &. S. in jenen SSetfen bee 58 ergget (le I : Mont Blanc is the Monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks , in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around hie waist are fcre«ts braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must... | |
| English literature - 1831 - 552 pages
...? Has he faced the stupendous grandeur of Mont-blanc, "The monarch of mountains, Whom they crown'd long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around whose waist are forests braced, The Avelanche in his hand ?" Has he ever climbed, "with weary steps... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...bow'd, Mortal — be thy wish avow'd ! 2d Spir. Mont-Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The glacier's cold and restless... | |
| English literature - 1841 - 670 pages
...woman's breast, Ruin and leave her ? " Scott. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his band ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. * • * * I am the spirit of... | |
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