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... built the great watchtowers of the mountains , and they lift their heads far up into the sky , and gaze ever upward and around to see if the Judge of the World comes not ! " This famous land of the Swiss has always been the home of a ...
... built the great watchtowers of the mountains , and they lift their heads far up into the sky , and gaze ever upward and around to see if the Judge of the World comes not ! " This famous land of the Swiss has always been the home of a ...
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... built on the hillsides bordering the termination of the lake and the Rhône valley , the swift current of that beautiful stream rushing out of the lake and under a series of bridges as it traverses the city . Ow- ing to the copious ...
... built on the hillsides bordering the termination of the lake and the Rhône valley , the swift current of that beautiful stream rushing out of the lake and under a series of bridges as it traverses the city . Ow- ing to the copious ...
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... built here an establishment housing a thousand monks , and behind the seven towers of the extensive pile , there stretched the ter- raced hills where grew the famous Chablais wines . While this construction was going on and his fame ...
... built here an establishment housing a thousand monks , and behind the seven towers of the extensive pile , there stretched the ter- raced hills where grew the famous Chablais wines . While this construction was going on and his fame ...
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... built or by whom , no one seems to know . There is a tradition that in 830 , King Louis le Debonnaire , imprisoned the Abbot Wala who had instigated his sons to rebellion " in a castle from which only the sky , the Alps , and Lac Léman ...
... built or by whom , no one seems to know . There is a tradition that in 830 , King Louis le Debonnaire , imprisoned the Abbot Wala who had instigated his sons to rebellion " in a castle from which only the sky , the Alps , and Lac Léman ...
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... built by Peter of Sa- voy in the thirteenth century for the Bishops of Sion , and from its dark gray round tower , there is a fine view along the three deep and narrow gorges which converge at Martigny . The first stretching off to ...
... built by Peter of Sa- voy in the thirteenth century for the Bishops of Sion , and from its dark gray round tower , there is a fine view along the three deep and narrow gorges which converge at Martigny . The first stretching off to ...
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Page 387 - The castled crag of Drachenfels("> Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me ! 2.
Page 387 - 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...
Page 24 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Page 308 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour; And down from the ceiling and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, — And all at once to the Bishop they go.
Page 311 - I saw the blue Rhine sweep along, — I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting hill...
Page 11 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 307 - tis an excellent bonfire!" quoth he, "And the country is greatly obliged to me, For ridding it in these times forlorn Of rats, that only consume the corn.
Page 310 - Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd around To hear my mournful story in the pleasant vineyard ground, That we fought the battle bravely, and when the day was done Full many a corse lay ghastly pale beneath the setting sun. "And 'mid the dead and dying...
Page 387 - And peasant girls, with deep blue eyes, And hands which offer early flowers, Walk smiling o'er this paradise ; Above, the frequent feudal towers Through green leaves lift their walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers.
Page 309 - A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers; There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, and he took that comrade's hand, And he said, "I never more shall see my own, my native land.