Dissolved into one lake of fire, were seen Those mountains towering as from waves of flame Around the vaporous sun, from which there came The inmost purple spirit of light, and made Their very peaks transparent 'Ere it fade,' Said my companion, 'I will... Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Page 8by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1824 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - 1904 - 454 pages
...purple spirit of light, and made Their very peaks transparent. " Ere it fade," Said my companion, " I will show you soon A better station." So, o'er the...palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven. I was about to speak, when — " We are even Now at the point I meant " — said Maddalo, And... | |
| John Nichol - 1902 - 700 pages
...transparent. " Ere it fade," Said my companion, " I will show you soon A better station." So, o'er the lagnne We glided ; and from that funereal bark I leaned,...palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to heaven. I was about to epeak, when — " We are even Now at the point I meant," said Maddalo, And bade... | |
| John Ruskin - 1904 - 550 pages
...-'' [The view is that described by Shelley in Julian and Maddalo:— 4 [Now the Court of Appeal.] '' I leaned, and saw the city, and could mark How from...palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven.'' to be regarded with attention, as^showing how much beauty and dignity may be bestowed on... | |
| John Ruskin - 1904 - 495 pages
...4 [Now the Court of Appeal.] 5 [The view is that described by Shelley in Julian and Maddalo : — " I leaned, and saw the city, and could mark How from...palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven.'' The church is now part of the Lunatic Asylum, described in the same poem.] CATTARINA— CORKER... | |
| Percival Somers - 1904 - 334 pages
...Calton Hill and the chimneys of Leith, standing out sharp and clear against a blood-red sunset : "... in evening's gleam Its temples and its palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven." MEMORABLE VIEWS 177 Behind it rose the Pentlands, and further still, like clouds on the horizon,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1905 - 460 pages
...purple spirit of light, and made Their very peaks transparent. " Ere it fade," Said my companion, " I will show you soon A better station " — so, o'er...palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven. I was about to speak, when — " We are even Now at the point I meant," said Maddalo, And bade... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1905 - 978 pages
...purple spirit of light, and made Their very peaks transparent. ' Ere it fade,' 85 Said my companion, 'I will show you soon A better station '—so, o'er...mark How from their many isles, in evening's gleam, 90 Its temples and its palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven. I was about to... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1909 - 948 pages
...purple spirit of light, and made Their very peaks transparent. ' Ere it fade,' 85 Said my companion, 'I will show you soon A better station ' — so, o'er...mark How from their many isles, in evening's gleam, 90 Its temples and its palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven, I was about to... | |
| Edward William Edmunds - 1911 - 166 pages
...purple spirit of light, and made Their very peaks transparent. " Ere it fade,"Said my companion, " I will show you soon A better station " — so, o'er...funereal bark I leaned, and saw the city, and could mark 80 How from their many isles, in evening's gleam, Its temples and its palaces did seem Like fabrics... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1901 - 712 pages
...purple spirit of light, and made Their very peaks transparent. ' Ere it fade,' Said my companion, • I will show you soon A better station.' So, o'er the...mark How from their many isles, in evening's gleam, 90 Its temples and its palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven. I was about to... | |
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