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" 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 ;... "
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OF CRITICAL JOURNAL - Page 107
by DAVID WILLISON - 1818
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Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales: With the Scenery of the River Wye ...

Thomas Roscoe - 1854 - 468 pages
...we seem to hear around us in such a scene. "The roar of waters! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters!...where they howl and hiss And boil in endless torture ! " After the fatigues of these ascents and descents from and to the " Acherontic stream," the comforts...
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The works of eminent masters in painting, sculpture ..., Volumes 1-2

1854 - 478 pages
...height Vclino cleaves the wave- worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flushing mass foams, shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters...and hiss • And boil in endless torture ¡ while In their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curb round the rocks of jut That gird the...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the ubyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And...in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agouy, wrung out from this Their Phlegcthon, curls round the rocks of jet That girds the gulf around,...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. LXIX. The roar of waters ! bom the headlcng height Velino to what it will be, Through thee and thine. Cain....clouds still open wid* And wider, and make widening cir ubyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat...
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Memories Over the Water: Or, Stray Thoughts on a Long Stroll

Henry Maney - 1854 - 354 pages
...described the might and majesty of Niagara — " The roar of waters ! from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice, The fall of waters ! rapid as the light Tin- flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters I where they howl and hiss ; And boil...
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University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 45

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...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Including the Suppressed Poems. Also a Sketch of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...orisons for this suspension of 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.mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...of disgust. < LXIX. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave- worn r's LXX. And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With...
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The Eagle: A Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1859 - 690 pages
...take a familiar passage in illustration : — The roar of waters ! from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters...from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jot That gird the gulph around, in pitiless horror set. And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again...
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Glimpses of Europe: Or, Notes Drawn at Sight, by a Merchant

Merchant - 1859 - 368 pages
...lands lying above them. FALLS OP VELINO. 145 " The roar of waters ! from the headlong height ' Velino,' cleaves the wave-worn precipice. The fall of waters...sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this, Their Phlgethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around in pitiless horror set." We could...
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