 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 330 pages
...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, yet appals, Gather around these summits... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And thoned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms...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
...Alps, The palaces of nature, whose, vast wall) Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms...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
...Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy hallii Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...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...Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. LXIII. But ere these matchless heights I dare to scan, There is a spot should not be pass'd in vain,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...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...yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show Hew Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. LXIII. But ere these matchless heights I... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...' 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...Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below !" An Alpine tempest is pictured with a power which nothing short of personal observation could have... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...' 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...Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below !" An Alpine tempest is pictured with a power which nothing short of personal observation could have... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 pages
...' 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...to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave rain man below !" An Alpine tempest is pictured with a power which nothing short of personal observation... | |
 | 1827 - 472 pages
...Those palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds Uieir snowy scalps, And throned eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms...— the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirits, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to shew, How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave... | |
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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,... 
