To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been... Poems - Page 532by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872Full view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albeit in vain, the heavy heart divest. XXV. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not mart's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain... | |
| A. Yosy - 1823 - 574 pages
...but the ripple of the wave that washed her steps—No: God waS present with her wherever she went. " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...needs a fold: Alone o'er steeps, and foaming falls, to tein— This is not solitude : 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 400 pages
...a celebrated French writer justly observes, to him is a prison, and solitude a paradise. To sit ou rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace...fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean j But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 468 pages
...justly observes, to him is a prison, and solitude a paradise. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood anil fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where...fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean; But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...finding no place for their landing better, They ran the boat for shore, and overset her. SOLITUDE. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold [unroll'd. Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...finding no place for their landing better, They ran the boat for shore, and overset her. SOLITUDE. Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And...falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold [unroll'd. Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...Where things that own "not' man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely heen ; To climh the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock...foaming falls to lean , This is not solitude ; 'tis hut to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and vicw her stores unroll'd. XXVL But midst the erowd,... | |
| Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre - 1824 - 430 pages
...faire son bonheur : — " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, " To slowly trace the forest'3 shady scene, " Where things that own not man's dominion...hath ne'er or rarely been ; " To climb the trackless moontain ail unseen, " With the wild flock that never ueeds a fold ; " Alone o'cr steeps and foaminç... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...on rocks, 1o muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things thai own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath...Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean; This it not solitude; 't is but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unroll rl. XXVI.... | |
| 1825 - 724 pages
...Childe Harold: " To lit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's sliady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell,...the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steep* and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Convene with Nature's charms,... | |
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