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 ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never... Poems - Page 534by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 719 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 pages
...mountains loved to scan, And from the crest of Alps peruse the mighty plan. T is ecstasy " to brood o'er flood and fell," " To slowly trace the forest's...climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold ; Alone o'er steeps, and foaming falls to lean; — This is not solitude... | |
| Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...replied the Mourner, "She who hroke My honds, shall never wear a stranger's yoke." SOl.ITUDE. SOLITUDE. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely heen; To climh the trackless moontain all onseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...fot what tie has said — his conversation is a perpetual libel «n all his acquaintance. Sheridan. To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Comerse with Xaturc's charms, and view her stores unrolled. Ryron. ChUde Harold Even at the holy altars... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...mountains loved to scan, And from the crest of Alps peruse the mighty plan. " Tis ecstasy to brood o'er flood and fell," " To slowly trace the forest's...climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; — This is not solitude... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...Dearer than self, possesses or possessed A thought, and claims the homage of a tear ; A Hashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albeit in vain,...; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse withNature's charms, and view herstores unrolled. XXVI. But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...tear; A flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Vould still, albeit in vain, the heavy heart divest. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. XXVI. But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,... | |
| 1836 - 726 pages
...FISH— INDIAN FISHING— ANGLING BY STEALTH— AND EXCURSIONS IN THE "GREAT WYNAUD JUNGLE," &c. " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...never needs a fold, Alone o'er steeps and foaming fulls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...thonght, and claims the homage of a tear; A flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albnt in vain, the heavy heart divest. xxV. To sit on rocks,...hath ne'er or rarely been; To climb the trackless monntain all uuseen, with the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls... | |
| 1856 - 736 pages
...follow-out their pursuits upon a more extensive scale, and annually visit the Highlands of Scotland, " To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the...foaming falls to lean : This is not solitude ; 'tis bat to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled." Were every sportsman to relate... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear; A flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albeit in vain,...foaming falls to lean — • This is not solitude ; 't is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. XXVI. But 'midst the... | |
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