Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising... Letters from Canada, written during ... 1806, 1807, and 1808 - Page 99by Hugh Gray (writer on Canada.) - 1809Full view - About this book
| John Murray (publishers.) - Scotland - 1867 - 538 pages
...McCulloch. The post of vantage to see the lower fall is very happily placed on a projecting rock overlooking the " Rocky mounds. Where thro' a shapeless breach...whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends." Bums. There is a good hotel at Foyers, occupying the site of an inn called the... | |
| John Murray (publishers.) - Scotland - 1867 - 546 pages
...to see the lower fall is very happily placed on a projecting rock overlooking the " Rocky mound.-, Where thro' a shapeless breach his stream resounds,...whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends.1' Sums. There is a good hotel at Foyers, occupying the site of an inn called thr... | |
| Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...LOCH-NESS. AMONG the heathy hills and ragged woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a...whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding,... | |
| Andrew Preston Peabody - Europe - 1868 - 340 pages
...legend, tradition, and poetry, and by several ruined castles that had borne a distinguished name and Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim seen through rising mists and ccaseless shower*. The hoary cavern wide surrounding... | |
| Andrew Preston Peabody - Europe - 1868 - 338 pages
...legend, tradition, and poetry, and by several ruined castles that had borne a distinguished name and Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim seen through rising mists and ceaseless showers. The hoary cavern wide surrounding... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 pages
...Loch- Ness. AMONG the heathy hills and ragged woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a...astonish'd, rends. Dim seen thro' rising mists and ceaseless showers, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers. Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils,... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1870 - 642 pages
...heathy hills and ragged woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods; Till full he dashes on the roeky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream...astonish'd, rends. Dim seen thro' rising mists and ceaseless showers, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers. Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils,... | |
| Appleton D. and co - 1870 - 900 pages
...The roaring FOYER-S pours his mossy Hoods, Till full he dashes on the rocky monnds t Where, through n shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in...recoiling surges foam below, \ Prone down the rock the wuiteoing sheet descends, And viewless echo's ear, ustonUhed, rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists... | |
| Robert Burns - Scottish literature - 1870 - 652 pages
...The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep-recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's... | |
| Appleton D. and co - 1870 - 746 pages
...The roaring Foyers pours his mossy floods ; Till full he dashes on the rocky moumls, Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep-recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless echo's... | |
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