 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,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Seite 3161818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ludwig Gerold Meyer von Knonau - 1839 - 688 Seiten
...U. 25 unb bec SOîonJtblanc u 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 foils The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the .spirit, yet appals, Gather around... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 Seiten
...situation is commandBut these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have they to me NVere a delight; All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show [below. riow Earth... | |
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 Seiten
...XXVI. A SWISS COTTAGE. • " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature — whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps And throned...and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 Seiten
...fall. LXIL But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Нате ay, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show [below. How Earth... | |
 | John Murray - 1842 - 482 Seiten
...EXCURSIONS AROUND CHA5IOUNY. " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned...cold sublimity, where forms and falls The Avalanche — the.tbunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals. Gather around these summits,... | |
 | John Price Durbin - 1844 - 338 Seiten
...God moved upon the face of the great deep." " The Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast Walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned...and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1845 - 438 Seiten
...eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forina and (alia The avalanche — the thunderbolts of snow." Even these, the most glorious objects which...ancients with sentiments only of dismay or horror; as a barrier from hostile nations, or as the dwelling of barbarous tribes. The torch of religion had not... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 Seiten
...perfect distinctness to the eye. "Above me are the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned...and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How earth may pierce... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And thron'd Eternity in icy halls 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 show How earth may pierce... | |
 | Hugh Swinton Legaré - 1845 - 606 Seiten
...specimen of downright bombast. " 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 forme and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow !" Canto IIl. 63. Another instance of the... | |
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