| John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...enormous glaciers of TacuJ, all vindicate (he truth of the poet's glorious description, — " Monl Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him...long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, Wilh a diatlem ot snow." In returning from the Jardin it is not necessary to descend by the Egralels;... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 98 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIIUT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The Glacier's cold and restless mass Moves onward day by day ; But I am he who bids it pass, Or with its... | |
| Books - 1817 - 576 pages
...the Mountain-Spirit sings with better effect : ' Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The Glacier's cold and restless mass Moves onward day by day ; But I am he who bids it pass, Or with its... | |
| 1817 - 708 pages
...speaks : " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of nicks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around...that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The Glacier's cold and restless mass Moves onward day by day ; But I am he who bids it pass, Or with its... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1817 - 732 pages
...sings, in a measure which unluckily reminds us of " How happy could I be with either." SECOND SPIRIT. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd...With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests brac'd, The avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering- ball Must pause for my command.... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1817 - 738 pages
...him. " Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT, « Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, • -j; • They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...forests braced, ',•••• The Avalanche in his hand ; . .| i But ere it fall, that thundering ball . ,.:, • Must pause for my command. , . , . .[•/»... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...employment. The Mountain Spirit thus speaks : '• Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned hinj long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist arc forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for... | |
| 1817 - 506 pages
...dramatic Poem, oy Lord BTROS. VOICE Of THE SECOND SPIRIT. ° vr Blanc ii the monarch of mo«. tains. They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds. With a diadem ofonow. Around his waist are forests braced. The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering... | |
| 1817 - 702 pages
...sings, in a measure which unluckily reminds us of " How happy could I be wiih either." SECOND SPIRIT. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of racks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests brac'd, The avalanche... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1817 - 592 pages
...Poem of Maitfrcd.) " Mont Blanc II tbe monarch of mountains, They crowned him lung ago, On я tbrone of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around bin waist, are forests brae d, The avalanche in bis hand ; But ere It fall, that thundering ball Must... | |
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