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... STREAM . ALOFT , RECUMBENT O'ER EACH HANGING RIDGE THE BROWN WOODS WAVE ; WHILE EVER TRICKLING SPRINGS WASH FROM THE NAKED ROOTS OF OAK AND PINE THE CRUMBLING SOIL , AND STILL AT EVERY FALL , DOWN THE STEEP WINDINGS OF THE CHANNELL'D ...
... STREAM . ALOFT , RECUMBENT O'ER EACH HANGING RIDGE THE BROWN WOODS WAVE ; WHILE EVER TRICKLING SPRINGS WASH FROM THE NAKED ROOTS OF OAK AND PINE THE CRUMBLING SOIL , AND STILL AT EVERY FALL , DOWN THE STEEP WINDINGS OF THE CHANNELL'D ...
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... STREAM . ALOFT , RECUMBENT O'ER EACH HANGING RIDGE THE BROWN WOODS WAVE ; WHILE EVER TRICKLING SPRINGB WASH FROM THE NAKED ROOTS OF OAK AND PINE THE CRUMBLING SOIL , AND STILL AT EVERY FALL , DOWN THE STEEP WINDINGS OF THE CHANNELL'D ...
... STREAM . ALOFT , RECUMBENT O'ER EACH HANGING RIDGE THE BROWN WOODS WAVE ; WHILE EVER TRICKLING SPRINGB WASH FROM THE NAKED ROOTS OF OAK AND PINE THE CRUMBLING SOIL , AND STILL AT EVERY FALL , DOWN THE STEEP WINDINGS OF THE CHANNELL'D ...
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... stream is " distilled to crystal " by its passage through a rocky channel . The immediate vicinity of Grange is not deficient in rich accompaniments of wood ; and the scene is here enlivened by the rich foliage of Castle Crag . The ...
... stream is " distilled to crystal " by its passage through a rocky channel . The immediate vicinity of Grange is not deficient in rich accompaniments of wood ; and the scene is here enlivened by the rich foliage of Castle Crag . The ...
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... stream , which joins the Brathay , and thence flows over a succession of small cascades to mighty Windermere . Not far distant , the majestic lake of Windermere , which gradually unfolds itself during the ascent to the summit of the ...
... stream , which joins the Brathay , and thence flows over a succession of small cascades to mighty Windermere . Not far distant , the majestic lake of Windermere , which gradually unfolds itself during the ascent to the summit of the ...
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... stream of the old Dur or Der river . Soon after the episcopal seat was settled at Durham , the town was given with much solemnity to that see . The present church at Darlington owes its origin to Bishop Pudsey ; the expense attending ...
... stream of the old Dur or Der river . Soon after the episcopal seat was settled at Durham , the town was given with much solemnity to that see . The present church at Darlington owes its origin to Bishop Pudsey ; the expense attending ...
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Abbey acclivity adorned Allom Ambleside ancient appearance arches ASTOR bank Bassenthwaite BASSENTHWAITE LAKES beautiful BLACKHALL ROCKS Borrowdale Bowfell building Buttermere called castle chapel church cloud Coniston Crag CUMBERLAND Cuthbert Darlington Derwent Derwentwater descendant distance Durham Earl earth east edifice elegant eminence erected Esthwaite Esthwaite Water extensive Fell formerly fortress Gibside Grasmere ground Hall Helvellyn Henry Hexham hill iron Jarrow Kendal Keswick king lake land Langdale Pikes lofty Lord Loughrigg Loughrigg Fell mansion monastery mountain narrow neighbourhood Newcastle Nine Altars north side objects ornamented Otterburn Percy picturesque present view reign remains rendered rich rise river road rocks ruins rushes Rydal Rydal Hall Rydal Water scene scenery Scots seat shore situated Skiddaw stands steep stone stream structure summit Tarn tourist tower town Tyne Ullswater vale valley verdant vicinity village walls Wasdale Westmorland whence Whitehaven wind Windermere Withop wood yards
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Page 204 - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round; The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine! LVI. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its...
Page 204 - ... the clouds, The mist, the shadows, light of golden suns, Motions of moonlight, all come thither — touch, And have an answer — thither come, and shape A language not unwelcome to sick hearts And idle spirits : — there the sun himself, At the calm close of summer's longest day Rests his substantial orb ; — between those heights And on the top of either pinnacle, More keenly than elsewhere in night's blue vault, Sparkle the stars, as of their station proud. Thoughts are not busier in the...
Page 204 - Your prized companions. — Many are the notes Which, in his tuneful course, the wind draws forth From rocks, woods, caverns, heaths, and dashing shores ; And well those lofty brethren bear their part In the wild concert, — chiefly when the storm...
Page 209 - The trout is banished by the sordid stream; Heavy, and dripping, to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where, as they spread Their swelling treasures to the sunny ray, Inly disturbed, and wondering what this wild Outrageous tumult means, their loud complaints The country fill; and, tossed from rock to rock, Incessant bleatings run around the hills.
Page 204 - Thus never shall the indignities of time Approach their reverend graces unopposed ; Nor shall the elements be free to hurt Their fair proportions ; nor the blinder rage Of bigot zeal, madly to overturn...
Page 210 - List ! — I heard, From yon huge breast of rock, a solemn bleat, Sent forth as if it were the mountain's voice, As if the visible mountain made the cry. Again...