 To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never...  Tales and Ballads - Page 110by Caroline Howard Gilman - 1884 - 190 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...fot what tie has said — his conversation is a perpetual libel «n all his acquaintance. Sheridan. To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Comerse with Xaturc's charms, and view her stores unrolled. Ryron. ChUde Harold... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...protected their votaries, they often deliver them up, to end their lives nnder her dominion. Juhnton. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scenes, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been.... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...mountains loved to scan, And from the crest of Alps peruse the mighty plan. " Tis ecstasy to brood o'er flood and fell," " To slowly trace the forest's...climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; — This is not solitude... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...Hashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albeit in vain, the heavy heart divest. XXV. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse withNature's charms, and view herstores unrolled. XXVI. But midst the crowd,... | |
 | 1836 - 726 pages
...FISH— INDIAN FISHING— ANGLING BY STEALTH— AND EXCURSIONS IN THE "GREAT WYNAUD JUNGLE," &c. " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...never needs a fold, Alone o'er steeps and foaming fulls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albnt in vain, the heavy heart divest. xxV. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...hath ne'er or rarely been; To climb the trackless monntain all uuseen, with the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls... | |
 | 1856 - 736 pages
...follow-out their pursuits upon a more extensive scale, and annually visit the Highlands of Scotland, " To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...steeps and foaming falls to lean : This is not solitude ; 'tis bat to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled." Were every sportsman... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1831 - 482 pages
...for he feels no solitude. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, Slowly to trace the foresté shady scene. Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal fool hath ne'er or rarely been ; Tu climb the truckles* mountain all unseen, With the wild flock llml... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albeit in vain, the heavy heart divest. XXV. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...foaming falls to lean — • This is not solitude ; 't is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. XXVI. But 'midst the... | |
 | Thomas Rose - 1832 - 238 pages
...loneliness, to range amid the magnificence of nature, and "hold high converse with her charms :" — " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled." " But 'midst the crowd,... | |
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