 | James Thomson - 1861 - 480 pages
...constraint Between two meeting hills, it bursts away, Where rocks and woods o'erhang the tuiLid stream; There gathering triple force, rapid, and deep, It...boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through. Nature, great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the Seasons of the changeful year, How mighty,... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1863 - 338 pages
...constrained Between two meeting hills, it bursts away. Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid stream ; There gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through. Thomson. ELEGIAC. Beneath these rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a... | |
 | Andrew Leith Adams - 1867 - 354 pages
...now — " Between two meeting hills it bursts away Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid stream ; There, gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It...boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through." We descend from the alluvial plateau and cross a stream, mount the opposite bank, and are soon lost... | |
 | James Thomson - 1868 - 416 pages
...constraint Between two meeting hills, it bursts away, Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid stream ; There gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through. Nature ! great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the Seasons of the changeful year ! How mighty,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1869 - 178 pages
...constrained Between two meeting hills, it bursts away, Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid stream, There gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It boils, and wheels, and foamr,and thunders through Nature! great parent ! whose unceasing hand 1U6 Rolls round the Seasons... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...constrain'd Between two meeting hills, it bursts away, Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid stream ; There, gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It...boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through. * * * * When from the pallid sky the Sun descends, FROM WINTER. 317 With many a spot, that o'er his... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 pages
...constrain'd Between two meeting hills, it bursts away, Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid stream ; There gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through. Nature ! great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the Seasons of the changeful year ! How mighty,... | |
 | George Shaw - 1873 - 672 pages
...— " Between two meeting hills it bursts away, Where rocks ami woods o'erhaug the turbld stream ; There, gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It...boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through." Bracklinn is a dangerous place, and great care is reqnisite, aa the edges aro unprotected and slippery,... | |
 | F. Peel - 1874 - 144 pages
...it bursts away, Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid6 stream ; There gathering triple force,5 rapid and deep, It boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through. Tf1ompion's Winter. This is a description of a flood, the effects of a rainstorm among the Scotch hills.... | |
 | 1880 - 198 pages
...roar. " Between two meeting hills it bursts away, Where rocks and woods o'erhang the turbid stream ; There, gathering triple force, rapid and deep, It...boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through." Bracklinn is a dangerous place and great care is requisite, as the edges are unprotected and slippery,... | |
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... down it comes, From the rude mountain, and the mossy wild, Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far; Then o'er the sanded valley floating spreads... 
