| Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard - Gift books - 1843 - 332 pages
...they knelt down And worshipped Him who loved them. VISIT TO MONT BLANC. BY REV. HtJBBABD WIHSLOW. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a rohe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Mont Blanc is about fifty miles from Geneva, a little south... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 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, Around his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball... | |
| Hugh Heugh - Belgium - 1844 - 268 pages
...intellectual enjoyment that the material world can give is being alone in the midst of this scenery." " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, with a rohe of clouds, And a diadem of snow." Sinai and Horeb have associations infinitely more instructive... | |
| William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...from « Manfred" seemed the most exquisite of all descriptive poetry— perfect painting to the eye. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned...rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." A half hour of rest and refreshment at the cottage, coming in aid of the exhilarating influences of... | |
| Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...destined fort, in the western wilderness. 1753.] See, where the Alleghany mountain invades the sky, " On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." The winter blasts drive back the life-blood upon the shuddering hearts of men ; the clouds roll in... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...be 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 ; Bui ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The glacier's cold and restless... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont- Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd cloudr. With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche in bis hand ; But... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd e accursing breath Of calumny and scorn. Her. F. And...punishment ? Doye. Death ! Was I not the sovereig ; ,•' But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The Glacier's cold and restless... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 356 pages
...thy wish avow'd T Voice of tfte 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. (1) [MS.—" Which U fit for my... | |
| George Macintosh - 1847 - 238 pages
...their names in a book which lies there, and in which Lord Byron left the following lines : — ' Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him...robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waste are forests bound, The avalanche in his hand, But ere it fall, the thundering ball Must pause... | |
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