 | James Caughey - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...immortalized it, in its season of desolation:— " Here, Ehrenbreitstein, with her shatter'd wall, Black with the miner's blast, upon her height, Yet...strength, did light; A tower of victory ! from whence the Sight Of baffled foes was watched aloig the plain ; But peace destroyed what man could never blight,... | |
 | Octavia Walton Le Vert - 1857 - 370 Seiten
...before. Of its ruined state, Byron writes most exquisitely : " Ehrenbreitstein with her shattered wall Black with the miner's blast upon her height, Yet shows of what she was, when shells and ball Rebounding idly on her strength did light. A tower of victory ! from whence the flight... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1858 - 676 Seiten
...blown up by the French when they evacuated it after the peace of Luneville. " Here Ehrenbreitstein, with her shatter'd »all Black with the miner's blast...idly on her strength did light : A tower of victory 1 from whence the night Of baffled foes was watch'd along the plain ; But Peace destroy'd what War... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1858 - 676 Seiten
...French when they evacuated it after the peace of Luneville. " Here Ehrenbreitstein, with her shattered «all Black with the miner's blast upon her height,...idly on her strength did light : A tower of victory 1 from whence the (light Of baffled foes was watch'd along the plain ; But Peace destroy'd what War... | |
 | Thomas M. Gemmell - 1859 - 202 Seiten
...Here Ehrenbreitstein, with her shatter'd wall Black with the miner's blast, upon her height Yet shews of what she was, when shell and ball Rebounding idly...the plain : But Peace destroy'd what War could never blight And laid those proud roofs bare to Summer's rain— On which the iron shower for years had pour'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 362 Seiten
...o'er him wept. LVffl. Here Khrenbreitstein, with her shatter'd wall lìl.ick with the miner's Mast, upon her height Yet shows of what she was, when shell...and ball Rebounding idly on her strength did light : x Tlio wild rocks shaped, as they limi turrets been, In mockery of man's art ; and these withal A... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1860 - 76 Seiten
...LVIII. Here Ehrcnbreitstcin, with her shattcr'd wall Black with the miner's blast, upon her height ' Yot shows of what she was, when shell and ball Rebounding...watch'd along the plain : But Peace destroy'd what ЛУаг could never blight, And laid those proud roofs bare to Summer's rain— [vain. On which the... | |
 | Joel Edson Rockwell - 1860 - 356 Seiten
...peace. It is to this that Byron alludes in these words: " Here Ehrenbreitstein with her shattered wall Black with the miner's blast, upon her height Yet...idly on her strength did light: A tower of victory 1 from whence the flight Of baffled foes was watched along the plain; But peace destroyed what war... | |
 | Thomas William Newton (author of Spring flowers.) - 1860 - 96 Seiten
...orizon the shadowy form of the majestic fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, the Gibraltar of the Rhine: " A tower of Victory, from whence the flight Of baffled foes was watched along the plain." And as its massy proportions grew more distinct with the increasing morning... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 Seiten
...shattered wall Black with the miner's blast, upon her height Yet shews of what she was, when shell and bull Rebounding idly on her strength did light: A tower...the plain: But Peace destroy'd what "War could never blight, And laid those proud roofs bare to Summer's rain— On which the iron shower for years had... | |
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all Black with the miner's blast upon her height, Yet shows of what she was, when shell and ball Rebounding idly on her strength did light : A tower of victory ! from whence the flight Of baffled foes was watch'd along the plain ; But Peace destroy'd... 
