Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its... Travels in Italy, Greece and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of Letters ... - Seite 275von Hugh William Williams - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 590 Seiten
...the glittering morn, An iris sits amidst the infernal surge, Like hope upon a death bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted...scene, Love watching madness with unalterable mien. Now all this is descriptive of the horrible, not of the sublime; and the great characteristic of a... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1840 - 388 Seiten
...the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted...the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unaltered mien. The verdure occasioned by the eternal showers of spray, which fall to a considerable... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1840 - 336 Seiten
...the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted...the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unaltered mien. The verdure occasioned by the eternal showers of spray, which fall to a considerable... | |
| Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1843 - 350 Seiten
...the infernal surge, Like hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is tern By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant...with all their beams unshorn, Resembling, mid the tortures of the scene, Love, watching madness with unalterable mien.' " This was repeated in a low... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1840 - 302 Seiten
...the glittering morn. An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bean serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : • Resembling, 'mid the torture of the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 Seiten
...glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, (2) Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn <7 5 . . wiih unalterable mien. LXXIII. Once more upon the woody Apennine, The infant Alps, which — had I... | |
| Joshua Horner - 1841 - 162 Seiten
...sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while alt around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. After we quitted Terni, our road lay occasionally upon high ground, which gave us extensive views of... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 Seiten
...Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, l Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, white all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. LXXIII. Once more upon the woody Apennine, The infant Alps, which — had I not before Gazed on their... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 Seiten
...the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. VENICE. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 Seiten
...morn, An Iiis sits, amidst the infernal surgi-. Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steadydyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters,...bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshoiu : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien,"... | |
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