 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1831 - 622 pages
...good cause to remember the lines of the poet, " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. From Blackwood'i Magazine. PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A LATE PHYSICIAN. THE SPECTRE SMITTEN. FEW topics... | |
 | John Murray - 1842 - 482 pages
...description, — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago, On a tnrone of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Tn returning from the Jardin it is not necessary to descend by the Egralets ; a steep path leads down... | |
 | 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 from Geneva, a little south... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, Around his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball... | |
 | 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 infinitely more instructive... | |
 | 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...rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." A half hour of rest and refreshment at the cottage, coming in aid of the exhilarating influences of... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - 1845 - 642 pages
...destined fort, in the western wilderness. 1753.] See, where the Alleghany mountain invades the sky, " On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." The winter blasts drive back the life-blood upon the shuddering hearts of men ; the clouds roll in... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...be thy wish avow'd! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand ; Bui ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for my command. The glacier's cold and restless... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont- Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd cloudr. With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche in bis hand ; But... | |
 | George Macintosh - 1847 - 238 pages
...their names in a book which lies there, and in which Lord Byron left the following lines : — ' Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him...robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waste are forests bound, The avalanche in his hand, But ere it fall, the thundering ball Must pause... | |
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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. 
