...truth of the poet's glorious description, — " Mont Blanc is Ihe monarch of mountains ; They crown 'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." In returning from the Jardin it is not necessary to descend by the Egralets ; a steep path leads down...

...failed to find its way ? XXIII. tju ®tit Mm tn "Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They cr owned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With his diadem of snow." Byron's Manfred. OTJNDAY morning we awoke in Martigny. The chimes near ^.J our...

...thy wish avow'd. Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The Glacier's cold and restless...

...sentiment in the foregoing lines recalls the well-known song in Byron's " Manfred," beginning, — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned...rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow," &c. After mentioning the storms and the winds of the season, the following lines occur, which show...

...the bright stars encircled its brow like a brilliant tiara. Well hath the child of poetry sung — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned...rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." On the following morning, we had mules ordered, and started for Flegere, a lofty point on the west...

...avow'd. Voice of the SECOS ь SPIRIT. Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him lung ago . On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With...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...

...valleys, into and out of which even human curiosity failed to find its way ? tju XXIII. fa 11 Mont Blano is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clonds, With his diadem of snow." Jlyron't Manfred. O UNDAY morning we awoke in Martigny. The chimes...

...thy wish avow'd. Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd efore, thus let it be ; — How that red rain hath Aroond his waist are forests braced, The Aralanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball...

...is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago, I Oar journey. Making echoes. Boys beaten. On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." What a pity Coleridge did not date his immortal hymn at this bridge, instead of in the vale of Chamouny,...

...the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago, ** I Our journey. Making echoes. Boys beaten. On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." What^a pity Coleridge did not date hi& immortal hymn at this bridge, instead of in the vale of Chamouny,...