 | Rosina Maria Zornlin - 1840 - 474 pages
...regions, to that of temperate Europe. The highest summit is Mont Blanc, 15,781 feet above the sea. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clo ids, With a diadem of snow. Our course first lies along the Cottian Alps, which... | |
 | Rosina Maria Zornlin - 1840 - 516 pages
...regions, to that of temperate Europe. The highest summit is Mont Blanc, l5,78l feet above the sea. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, Oa a throne of rocks, in a robe of clo uls, "Wiih a (liadem of snow. Our course first lies along the... | |
 | 1841 - 478 pages
...Byron's drama of that name. The mountain Spirit answers the call of the magician in this manner: — ** Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, în a robe of cloads, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, — The avalanche... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." A half hour of rest and refreshment at the cottage,... | |
 | 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 long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waste are forests bound, The avalanche... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...shadowy robes of cloud and twilight, reclines on his ample conch. He also is a king. " Mont Blanc, the Monarch of Mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Not yet is the chamois abroad, cropping the scanty... | |
 | James Sherman, Martha Sherman - 1848 - 492 pages
...majestic as from this whole road, and justified what Byron, I believe, so appropriately writes, — ' 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.' Happily for us, he dispensed with his robes, and... | |
 | Albert Smith - 1851 - 326 pages
...forward with joy to their happy home." .Mrs. Hamper appeared to have been taken poetical, for she wrote : "Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains. They crowned him long ago : — " and then, her memory appearing to have deserted her, she added : — " But who they got to... | |
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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. 
