 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 !  Souvenirs of Travel - Page 195by Octavia Walton Le Vert - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Brandon - 1811 - 598 pages
...Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls...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 pierce... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 330 pages
...occur to me as admirably descriptive of the scenes in which it leaves me : " ———— Above me are the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose vast walls...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 pierce... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 pages
...Byron occur to me as admirably descriptive of the scenes in which it leaves me : " • Above me are the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose vast walls...halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalancbe—the thunderbolt of snow! All that expandi the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits... | |
 | 1818 - 782 pages
...a few detached lines is all that is left in regard to them by the Roman poets. The Alps themselves, The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche, the thunderbolt of snow,”—. Even these, the most glorious objects which the eye of man... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...view: — " Above me are thé AIpi, The palaces of nature, wko<e vast n alls Have pinnacled in cloud« their snowy scalps, And throned eternity in icy halls...and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spi rit, yet appals, Gather around these bunimiU, as to show How earth may pierce... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1819 - 370 pages
...scenes in which it leaves me: ' Above me are the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose.vast walls Hare pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires neaithem fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And thoned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1820 - 622 pages
...and with the sounds of his lyre set " the big rain dancing to the earth." Above me are the Alps, He palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though empires near thei LXII. Put these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls...and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show Haw Earth may pierce... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...-Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls...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 pierce... | |
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