 | Rosina Maria Zornlin - 1840 - 474 pages
...regions, to that of temperate Europe. The highest summit is Mont Blanc, 15,781 feet above the sea. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clo ids, With a diadem of snow. Our course first lies along the... | |
 | 1841 - 478 pages
...Byron's drama of that name. The mountain Spirit answers the call of the magician in this manner: — ** Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, în a robe of cloads, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced,... | |
 | Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard - 1843 - 332 pages
...they knelt down And worshipped Him who loved them. VISIT TO MONT BLANC. BY REV. HtJBBABD WIHSLOW. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a rohe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Mont Blanc is about fifty miles... | |
 | Hugh Heugh - 1844 - 268 pages
...intellectual enjoyment that the material world can give is being alone in the midst of this scenery." " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, with a rohe of clouds, And a diadem of snow." Sinai and Horeb have associations... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 pages
...from « Manfred" seemed the most exquisite of all descriptive poetry— perfect painting to the eye. " 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." A half hour of rest and refreshment... | |
 | James Sherman, Martha Sherman - 1848 - 492 pages
...majestic as from this whole road, and justified what Byron, I believe, so appropriately writes, — ' 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.' Happily for us, he dispensed with... | |
 | Albert Smith - 1851 - 326 pages
...forward with joy to their happy home." .Mrs. Hamper appeared to have been taken poetical, for she wrote : "Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains. They crowned him long ago : — " and then, her memory appearing to have deserted her, she added : — " But who they got to... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1852 - 556 pages
...to understand ; and it was the first thing which came into my mind today when I saw Mont Blanc : — 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. The robe of clouds was cast off... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1852 - 510 pages
...out of which even human curiosity failed to find its way ? XXIII. tjit €rtt JInir ta 3$nnt Slunt" Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With his diadem of snow." Byron's Manfred, CtUNDAY morning... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1854 - 366 pages
...sentiment in the foregoing lines recalls the well-known song in Byron's " Manfred," beginning, — " 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," &c. After mentioning the storms... | |
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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. 
