Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below ; Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland - Page 382by Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1856 - 659 pagesFull view - About this book
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...breach, his stream resounds. " As high in air the bursting torrents flow, " As deep recoiling surges foam below, " Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, " And viewless echo's ear astonish'd rends. " Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, " The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding low'rs.... | |
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...rends. Far sten through rising mists, and ceaseless show'», The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding* low'rs; Still through the gap, the struggling river toils, And still below, the horrid cauldron boils." BURNS. The clouds of spray arising from the descending walers, assume, wlien enlightened... | |
| Robert Forsyth - 1808 - 594 pages
...breach his stream resound:. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends,...astonish'd rends : Dim seen, through rising mists and careless showery The hoary cavern wide surrounding low'rc ; Still through the gap the struggling river... | |
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...breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless echo's ear, astonish'd, rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still... | |
| Hugh Gray - 1809 - 438 pages
...breach his stream resounds ; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below. Prone down the rock, the whitening sheet descends,...viewless Echo's ear, astonish'd, rends ; Dim seen thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide surrounding low'rs ; Still thro'... | |
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...breach his stream resounds ; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below. Prone down the rock, the whitening sheet descends,...viewless Echo's ear, astonish'd, rends ; Dim seen thro* rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide surrounding low'rs ; Still thro'... | |
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...breach his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends,...And viewless Echo's ear astonish'd rends. Dim seen thro' rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern wide surrounding low'rs; Still thro' the... | |
| Hugh Gray - 1809 - 438 pages
...his stream resounds ; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam-below. Prone down the rock, the whitening sheet descends,...viewless Echo's ear, astonish'd, rends ; Dim seen thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide surrounding low'rs ; Still thro'... | |
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...break the stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below : Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonish'd, rends. Far seen through rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs; Still... | |
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