Yet the grey precipice and solemn pine And torrent, were not all; — one silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It overlooked in its serenity The dark earth, and the bending vault of stars.... The British Poets - Page 1781866Full view - About this book
| 1816 - 700 pages
...with our author to a silent nook. " One silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain. Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks It overlooked...serenity The dark earth and the bending vault of stars." Tolerably high this aforesaid nook, to overlook the stars : but «' Hither the poet came. His eyes... | |
| 1816 - 700 pages
...with our author to a silent nook. " One silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks It overlooked...• The dark earth and the bending vault of stars.'' Tolerably high this aforesaid nook, to overlook the stars : but " Hither the poet came. His eyes beheld... | |
| 1820 - 774 pages
...dreary travel ends in peace. For, One silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It overlooked...serenity The dark earth, and the bending vault of stars. Soon as his feet fall on the threshold of this green recess, the wanderer feels that his last hour... | |
| 1820 - 784 pages
...dreary travel ends in peace. For, One silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It overlooked...serenity The dark earth, and the bending vault of stars. '' Soon as his feet fall on the thresh, old of this green recess, the wanderer feels that his last... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1824 - 438 pages
...torrent, were not all ; — one silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain, 580 Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It overlooked...with its entwining arms, And did embower with leaves for ever green, And berries dark, the smooth and even space Of its inviolated floor; and here The children... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1838 - 634 pages
...vault of stan. It was a tranquil spot, that seem'd to smile Even in Ihe lap of horror. Ivy clasp'd The fissured stones with its entwining arms. And did embower with leaves for ever green. And berries dark, the smooth and even space Of its inviolated floor ; and here The... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 408 pages
...pine And torrent, were not all ; — one silent nook Wasthere. Even on the edge of that vast mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It overlooked...embower with leaves forever green, And berries dark, the -month and even spaee Of its inviolated floor, and here The children of the autumnal whirlwind bore,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 410 pages
...And torrent, were not all ; — one silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It overlooked...with its entwining arms, And did embower with leaves for ever green, And berries dark, the smooth and even space Of its inviolated floor, and here The children... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 402 pages
...silent nook Was there. Even on the edge of that vast mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen roeks, It overlooked in its serenity The dark earth, and...that seemed to smile Even in the lap of horror. Ivy elasped The fissured stones with its entwining arms, And did embower with leaves forever green, And... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 396 pages
...pine And torrent, were not all ; — one silent nook Was there. Even on the edge ofthat vast mountain, Upheld by knotty roots and fallen rocks, It overlooked in its serenity The dork earth, and the bending vault of stars. It was a tranquil spot, that seemed to smile Even in the... | |
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