 Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit,...  The Edinburgh Review - Página 4621842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 446 páginas
...Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The Avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How earth may soar to heaven, yet leave vain nun below." The points from which such an Alpine panorama may be enjoyed... | |
 | Ludwig Gerold Meyer von Knonau - 1839 - 688 páginas
...Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and foils The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the .spirit, yet appals, Gather around...these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Hearen , yet leave vain man below. Byron. 25k (etiftimo, «inte 25enebictinerfitfflere bind) ben ©rufen... | |
 | William Fullerton Cumming - 1839 - 838 páginas
...icy halls Of cold sublimity — where forms and falls The Avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow, — All that expands the spirit yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to shew How earth may pierce to Heaven, and leave Vain man below." The eye embraces a horizon of about... | |
 | John Barrow - 1841 - 404 páginas
...superior to that of any Alpine scenery I have witnessed — the Simplon, the St. Gothard, the Spliigen, bearing no comparison with it. It is a view so vast...varied hues which clouds and sunshine alternately impart, the magnificent mountain of the Ortler-Spitz, towering above all the rest, and crowning the... | |
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 páginas
...in icy halls, Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around...Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below." BYBON'S Childe Harold, Canto iii. THE annexed design in the style of the cottages in Switzerland, is... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 páginas
...Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeale [below. riow Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man LXIII. But, ere these matchless heights... | |
 | 1841 - 956 páginas
...in icy halls Ot" cold Hublimity, where forme and falls The avalanche — the thunderl>olt of snow 1 All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to «how How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below !" The Middle Alps begin at about 5.300... | |
 | John Murray - 1842 - 482 páginas
...Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The Avalanche — the.tbunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals. Gather around...earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below." It is impossible to imagine the bustle and excitement of a visit to Chamouny. The arrival and departure... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 páginas
...Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show [below. How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man Lxm. But ere these matchless heights I dare... | |
 | Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard - 1843 - 332 páginas
...Avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around the summits, as to show How earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below." THE DEPARTED. BY MRS. LH 8 IOO tJ RN£ Y. I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. — DAvID.... | |
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