 The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ;...  Cities of central Italy - Page 314by Augustus John C. Hare - 1884Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...disgust. LXIX. The roar of waters ! from the headier..-,- height "Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; you — my son ? îly son ! mine ! who have ever Abhorr'd both mystery and ubyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat... | |
 | 1855 - 804 pages
...described a waterfall. Byron speaks of Velino : — " The hell of waters «here they howl and hi», And boil in endless torture, while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung from out this Their Phltgethon, curls round the rocks of jet, That gird the gulf around, iu pitiless... | |
 | Frederic Townsend - 1856 - 304 pages
...that scene ? The roar of waters I from the headlong height Niagara cleaves the wave- worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light, The flashing...set, And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Retnrns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1885 - 420 pages
...— from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters! rapid äs the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss;...the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this 68, 6. coolness kühle Tropfen. - 9. (lisr/ust. B. setzt also voraus, dafs die Angeredeten, die Menschen... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1887 - 390 pages
...Canto iv.] 'T'HE roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing...Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That guard the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, p And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1888 - 388 pages
...Arms on armour clashing, bray'd Horrible discord; and the maddening wheels Of brazen fury raged. Tho hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil...set, And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Eeturns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal... | |
 | 1889 - 552 pages
...OF TERNIS The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing...sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon,4 curls round the rocks of jet That guard the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, And mounts... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 pages
...disgust. LX1X. The roarof waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice m their fate.J So let them ease their hearts LXX. And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again (/ Returns in an unceasing shower, which round,... | |
 | 1891 - 556 pages
...'d earth. And then ye may reckon what water ie worth. Miss Eliza Cook, WATERFALL. DESCRIPTIONS OP A. The fall of waters! rapid as the light, The flashing...sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegetbon, curls round the rocks of Jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, And mounts... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1892 - 328 pages
...disgust. LXIX. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave- worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing...Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That guard the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX. And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again... | |
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