 Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit,...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 3331837Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1842 - 592 pages
...the varied and manifold scenes which the hand of Nature has supplied for the contemplation of man. *' All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around...earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below." • A succession of peaked rocks, rising one above another as far as the eye can reach, whose dark... | |
 | 1817 - 628 pages
...eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snows ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around...to show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave *ain nun below.' Tlit' descriptive power displayed in the next specimen we shall transcribe, is of... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The Avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! • All that expands the spirit, yet appals. Gather around these summits, as to show _ How earth may soar to heaven, yet leave vain man below." The points from which such an Alpine panorama... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals,...Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below." From thence he journeys on to Switzerland, not passing, without remark, the dwelling places of Voltaire,... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 692 pages
...their snowy scalps. The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow ! Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below." All that expands the spirit, yet appals, From thence he journeys on to Switzerland, not passing, without... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1818 - 330 pages
...throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals,...earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below Your's, &c. LETTER XX. Lausanne* MY DEAR i WE were, happily, much favoured by the weather during our... | |
 | Religion - 1818 - 904 pages
...throned eternity in icy balls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to showHow earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below.'' p 3G. At length he arrives on the borders... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...avalanche— the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather urouud these buramits, as to show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below/ p. 36. At length he arrives on the borders of Lake Leman, where his misanthropical genius, taking advantage... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...thoned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit , yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show IIowEarlh may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. LXIIL But ere these matchless heights I dare... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1819 - 370 pages
...throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits as to shew How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man below." Your's, &c. LETTER XX. LAUSANNE. My... | |
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