| William Howitt - 1847 - 524 pages
...descriptions of its scenery from other pens. " The castled crag of Drachcufels Frowns o'er the wild and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hill - all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise com and wine, And scattered cities crowning... | |
| 1847 - 436 pages
...Dragon). Byron's deseription of it renders every other superfluous : — The eastle erag of Draehenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks whieh bear the vine ; And hills all rieh with blossomed trees, And fields whieh promise eorn and wine,... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1848 - 410 pages
...quoting too much, and give the three following beautiful verses. The castled crag of Drachenfels Frown o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters...trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strewed a scene which... | |
| 1854 - 488 pages
...violence to fancy, apply to this river Byron's beautiful lines : "The castele;! crap of Drachcnfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks that bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields that promise corn and wine,... | |
| 1851 - 478 pages
...the best establishment of the kind in Sicily. DRACHENFELS, AND THE ISLAND OF NONNENWORTH. HEINE. " The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide...breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks that bear the Tine." BIKoX. DRACHENFELS, or Dragon Rock, is the most conspicuous, picturesque, and... | |
| John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1850 - 676 pages
...crag of Drachenfcls Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swell» Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all...strew'da scene which I should see With double joy wert Ihou with me. '•¿And peasant girls with deep blue eyes, And hands which offer e;irly flowers, Walk... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...horse, — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent ! DRACHBN FELLS. The castled crag of Drachenfells Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast...banks which bear the vine, ' And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 pages
...bound by stronger ties Than the church links withal ; and, though unwed, That love was pure, and, far above disguise, Had stood the test of mortal enmities...which I should see With double joy wert thou with me ! I — 9. And peasant girls, with deep blue eyes, And hands which offer early flowers, Walk smiling... | |
| David Bogue - 1852 - 400 pages
...summit is crowned with a ruin, and commands a magnificent view. On the Drachenfels there is an inn. The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide...which I should see With double joy wert thou with me. And peasant girls with deep blue eyes, And hands which offer early flowers, Walk smiling o'er this... | |
| 534 pages
...^rape-plants. In passing the spot, one can hardly fail to remember the beautiful lines of Byron : — • , , ' The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide...banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And f,elds which promise corn and wine, And spattered cities crowning these, "Whose... | |
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