| University of Glasgow - 1836
...ALPS, OK LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF A TRAVELLER. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Manfred, Act I. Scene I. THE following pages may, perhaps, be uninteresting to some, the strength of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 sider
...thy wish avow'd ! /'oice oftiie SKCOSD SPIRIT. Mont-Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They rrown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, *Л "tlh a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand; But ere... | |
| John Murray - 1829 - 312 sider
...rose the Col de Geans, and at its side Mont Blanc, towering in stately form above the other Alps. 23 " Monarch of mountains ! They crowned him long ago On...Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche is in his hand." There is something in the awful solitudes of mountain scenery which moves the soul.... | |
| Wilhelm Mueller - 1830 - 444 sider
...erracfyt, &. S. in jenen SSetfen bee 58 ergget (le I : Mont Blanc is the Monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks , in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around hie waist are fcre«ts braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must... | |
| 1831 - 552 sider
...? Has he faced the stupendous grandeur of Mont-blanc, "The monarch of mountains, Whom they crown'd long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around whose waist are forests braced, The Avelanche in his hand ?" Has he ever climbed, "with weary steps... | |
| 1841 - 670 sider
...woman's breast, Ruin and leave her ? " Scott. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his band ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. * • * * I am the spirit of... | |
| Calvin Colton - 1836 - 372 sider
...of Ben Nevis as Byron •aid of Mont Blanc, " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ! They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand ;" Yet is it true, that Ben Nevis is sole monarch of these realms ; that he wears for ever a diadem... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 sider
...thy wish avow'd! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountain«; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds. With a diadem üf snow. tion ; bis object was, to produce effect— to eralt and dilitç thr character through whom... | |
| James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 sider
...: — Mount Blanc is monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On his throne on high and his robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, An avalanche in his hand. We reached the gates — delivered our passports — entered the town of... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 sider
...be thy wish avow'd! Voice of the SECOND SPIBIT. Mont Rlanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, Wriih a diadem of snow. tion ; his object was, to produce effect— to était and dilate the character... | |
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