| John Murray (Firm) - 1811 - 618 pages
...enormous glaciers of TacuJ, all vindicate (he truth of the poet's glorious description, — " Monl Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, Wilh a diatlem ot snow." In returning from the Jardin it is not necessary to descend by the Egralels;... | |
| 1817 - 732 pages
...measure which unluckily reminds us of " How happy could I be with either." SECOND SPIRIT. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long...With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests brac'd, The avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering- ball Must pause for my command.... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1817 - 738 pages
...him. " Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT, « Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, • -j; • They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,...forests braced, ',•••• The Avalanche in his hand ; . .| i But ere it fall, that thundering ball . ,.:, • Must pause for my command. , . , . .[•/»... | |
| 1817 - 694 pages
...employment. The Mountain Spirit thus speaks : '• Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned hinj long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist arc forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must pause for... | |
| 1817 - 506 pages
...dramatic Poem, oy Lord BTROS. VOICE Of THE SECOND SPIRIT. ° vr Blanc ii the monarch of mo«. tains. They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds. With a diadem ofonow. Around his waist are forests braced. The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering... | |
| 1817 - 702 pages
...measure which unluckily reminds us of " How happy could I be wiih either." SECOND SPIRIT. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of racks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests brac'd, The avalanche... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1817 - 592 pages
...Poem of Maitfrcd.) " Mont Blanc II tbe monarch of mountains, They crowned him lung ago, On я tbrone of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around bin waist, are forests brae d, The avalanche in bis hand ; But ere It fall, that thundering ball Must... | |
| 1817 - 94 pages
...SPIRIT. (From Lord Byron's new P o^ma/ Manfred.) " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountain«. They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of cloud«, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist, are forests brac'd, The avalanche in his hand ; But... | |
| 1827 - 452 pages
...Chapters, by ty. R, of Manchester, CHAPTER I. Mont Blanc Is the monarch of mountains, They croivn'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, In a robe of cloud?, With a diadem of snow. — Byron. Among the mountains of Switzerland, whose snow-clad summits... | |
| Isaac Taylor - 1821 - 182 pages
...; and becomes at last so large, as to cover and destroy houses, or even a whole village. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long...in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball Some of the valleys are full of ice ; which is never wholly melted. These are called glaciers ; and... | |
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