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ALETSCH GLACIER Alpine Alps amongst ascended avalanche beautiful beneath Berne Bernese Oberland Calvin canton castle cataract chalets Chamouni church cliffs clouds colour Courmayeur Croz dark deep earth EINSIEDELEN fall Farel flowers forests Gemmi Geneva glacier glory gorge grandeur green Grimsel Hadow heaven height hills hospice hour Interlachen Jungfrau labour LAGO MAGGIORE LAKE OF LUCERNE LAUTERBRUNNEN Leukerbad light look Lord Macugnaga magnificent Martigny masses Matterhorn Meyringen mighty miles mist Mont Blanc Monte Rosa morning mountain Neufchâtel night Oberland pass pastor path peaks pine prayer precipice RHINE RHONE GLACIER RHONE VALLEY RIGHI rise river road roar rock round route says scene scenery seems seen side SIMPLON slopes snow snowy solemn soul Staubbach steep storm sublime summit Swiss Switzerland Taugwalder thou thousand feet thunder TITLIS torrent tourist town traveller vast Venice village waters Weissthor Wengern Wetterhorn whole wind Zermatt
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Page 192 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 55 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night; Sunset divides the sky with her; a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be, — Melted to one vast Iris of the West, — Where the Day joins the past Eternity, While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Page 196 - LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM CIV. "DLESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD *— my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty : Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchiest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 33 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 139 - Who gave you your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy, Unceasing thunder and eternal foam? And who commanded (and the silence came), Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest?
Page 58 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces.
Page 59 - ONCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute...
Page 139 - Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo, God...
Page 177 - Though in their souls, which thus each other thwarted, Love was the very root of the fond rage Which blighted their life's bloom, and then departed: — Itself expired, but leaving them an age Of years all winters, — war within themselves to wage.
Page 109 - Unless thou shew to us thine own true way No man can find it: Father! thou must lead. Do Thou, then, breathe those thoughts into my mind...