 | John George Repplier McElroy - 1885 - 374 pages
...He, who had always inspired in her a respect . . . , she now saw the object of open pleasantry. — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains— They crowned him long ago ; But -who they got to put it on Nobody seems to know."* God forbid that John Hawkins's wife should... | |
 | Edmund Yates - 1885 - 488 pages
...seemed, had tended to widen the breach. Albert Smith, asked for an autograph, had written in an album : " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago ; But who they got to put it on I don't exactly know." The book was sent the next day, with a similar... | |
 | 1886 - 808 pages
...nothing commonplace about them. You crown them instantly as monarchs among men. You say with Byron — " '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.' " Mr. Hayden was hardly one of these mountain men.... | |
 | Charles De Berard Mills - 1889 - 296 pages
...has 'oped the eyes of night;' 'Jocund morn stands tip-toe on the misty mountain tops.' Byron says: " Mont Blanc Is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks In a robe of cloud, With a diadem of anow; Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche... | |
 | Larkin Dunton - 1889 - 168 pages
...you know the verse which calls Mont Blanc the monarch or king of mountains ? " "I do," said Mary. " 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." 13. "Mount Everest, in India, a part of Asia,... | |
 | William D. Hall - 1898 - 326 pages
...world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.— TENNYSON. 19. 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.— BYRON. 20. Our deeds still travel with us from... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 548 pages
...some sublimity, marred by lapses. The lyrics scattered through the poem sometimes open well, eg — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a lake of clouds, With a diadem of snow ; " but they cannot sustain themselves like true... | |
 | William Henry Wheeler - 1898 - 200 pages
...Some of the longest mountain ranges in the world. 8. Some of the highest mountain peaks in the world. 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. — GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON. Reaching toward the... | |
 | 1898 - 830 pages
...following will consist iu imparting a knowledge of things, and how far it will be mere wordteaching : — " 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. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 564 pages
...some sublimity, marred by lapses. The lyrics scattered through the poem sometimes open well, eg — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a lake of clouds, With a diadem of snow ; " but they cannot sustain themselves like true... | |
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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. 
