 | Samuel Manning - 1881 - 218 sider
...summit is reached, when, as by magic, the stupendous view bursts upon him, and he feels and sees that ' Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.' If the pass of the Tete Noire has no single view... | |
 | Harry (uncle, pseud) - 1881 - 216 sider
...hard toil must be endured, and then you will set your foot on the very top of the King Mountain. ' Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains : They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.' " Now, then, having climbed the last snowy slope,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1881 - 502 sider
...not look into, but one of our party discovered in it a stanza which ran, I believe, nearly thus — Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, Enthroned in ice, with robes of clouds, And diadem of 'snow — which, however far from perfection,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1881 - 504 sider
...not look into, but one of our party discovered in it a stanza which ran, I believe, nearly thus — Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, Enthroned in ice, with robes of clouds, And diadem of snow — which, however far from perfection,... | |
 | Mrs. B. M. Buckhout - 1882 - 280 sider
...such an atmosphere, I first saw Mont Blanc, — far away, but pure and bright with its own shining. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains : They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." XVIII. ONE DAY'S JOURNEY. " O gift of God, O perfect... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 420 sider
...create a highly endowed and intellectual spirit for the purpose of singing a song like this : — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Dr. Watts could have done it quite as well. Byron... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1882 - 106 sider
...you know the verse which calls Mont Blanc the monarch or king of mountains ? " " I do," said Mary. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." 13. " Mount Everest, in India, a part of Asia,... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 364 sider
...create a highly endowed and intellectual spirit for the purpose of singing a song like this ; — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Dr. Watts could have done it quite as well. Byron... | |
 | Charles Wood - 1882 - 372 sider
...head covered with golden water by the setting sun, stood the mightiest of all the hills of Europe. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of Mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of light, with a robe of cloud, And a diadem of snow." Right regally he sits there on his throne. Multitudes... | |
 | Mrs. B. M. Buckhout - 1882 - 288 sider
...such an atmosphere, I first saw Mont Blanc, — far away, but pure and bright. with its own shining. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains : They crowned him long ago On a throne o£ rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." XVIII. ONE DAY'S JOURNEY. " O gift of God,... | |
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Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains: They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. 
