Sketching Rambles: Or, Nature in the Alps and Alpennines, Volume 1J. Hogg, 1861 - 369 pages |
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Page 160 - And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view; A small green isle, it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 157 - Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face, The mirror where the stars and mountains view The stillness of their aspect in each trace Its clear depth yields of their far height and hue...
Page 177 - 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.
Page 165 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Page 38 - The vast mountains rising on every side and closing at the end, with their rich clothing of wood, the sweet soft spots of verdant pasture scattered at their feet, and sometimes on their breast, and the expanse of water, unbroken by islands, and almost undisturbed by any signs of living men, make an impression which it would be foolish to attempt to convey by words.
Page 158 - ... derived from the melting snows and glaciers. Besides these periodical variations, the Lake is subject to other more arbitrary changes of level, called seiches. This phenomenon consists of a sudden rise and fall of the water in particular parts of the lake, independently of the agency of the wind or of any other apparent cause. It is most common in the vicinity of Geneva. During these oscillations the waters sometimes rise 5 ft., though the usual increase is not more than 2 ; it never lasts longer...
Page 40 - Nine weary up-hill miles we sped The setting sun to see ; Sulky and grim he went to bed, \ Sulky and grim went we. Seven sleepless hours we past, and then, The rising sun to see, li Sulky and grim we rose again, Sulky and grim rose he.
Page 137 - Fall," and is altogether a very twiddling misty business. Byron compared it to the " tail of a white horse streaming in the wind," suddenly enlarging the simile by adding, " such as it might be conceived would be that of the pale horse on which Death is mounted, in the Apocalypse.
Page 38 - I know, scenes upon earth, depends. The vast mountains rising on every side and closing at the end, with their rich clothing of wood, the sweet soft spots of verdant pasture scattered at their feet, and sometimes on their breast, and the expanse of water, unbroken by islands, and almost undisturbed by any signs of...
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