...verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Likft Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes,...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien." Lord Byron, in a note to these stanzas, remarks the singular circumstance " that two of the finest...

..."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,...while all around is torn By the distracted waters, hears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn ; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the...

...the breeze, their image mainAspects of Nature. tains its balance above the tumult of the waters — " Like hope upon a death-bed : and unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn," &c. as sings the philosophic poet-painter of Velino. Kespecting the tumult — which is thus swelled...

...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,...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...

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...Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering mom, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed,...scene. Love watching Madness with unalterable mien." Childe Harold. Lord Byron, in a note to these stanzas, remarks the singular circumstance " that 2 of...

...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,...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien." " Whew ! " the Doctor gave a long whistle, turned on his heel, picked up the stump of his cheroot,...

...spanning the abyss — " On the verge From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed,...serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn ;" with Goat Island, Bath Island, and Luna Island intersecting the foaming stream ; and finally, 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...Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn,"— is seen to the best advantage from the extensive crag of Table Rock, hanging over the river at a height...

...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,...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. ROME. (CHILDE HAROLD, Canto iv. Stanzas 78, 79.) OH Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans...