 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,...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 4621842Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 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) - 1811 - 618 pages
...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 - 1816 - 674 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 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 - 1818 - 330 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1818 - 904 pages
...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 - 1819 - 370 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1820 - 622 pages
...in icy hallii Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around...Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. I shall only say that in contemplating 1 was still more sensible of an " expansion of spirit" than... | |
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