Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis... The works of lord Byron including the suppressed poems - Page 64by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 718 pagesFull view - About this book
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...And the big rain comes dancing on the earth! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. Byroa. TEMPLE. TEMPTATION. 629 TEMPLE. MOST sacrilegious murder that broke open The Lord's anointed... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. Now, where the swift Rhone cleaves his way between Heights which appear as lovers who have parted In... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthqnake's birth. Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms... | |
| 1853 - 380 pages
...tho white wings of a bird, could scarcely be distinguished. At the extremity " Where the swift Rhine cleaves his way between Heights, which appear as lovers who have parted In hate," is the city of Geneva, the home of Calvin, the strong hold of the reformation. Even at this distance,... | |
| Charles Williams - 1854 - 668 pages
...picture, — such on one, indeed, as only a genius rare as his own could so impressively trace : — " Now, where the swift Rhone cleaves his way between...each other thwarted, Love was the very root of the foiid rnge "\Vhich blighted their life's bloom, and then departed : Itself expired, but leaving them... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth....intervene, That they can meet no more, though brokenhearted ! Tho' in their souls, which thus each other thwarted Love was the very root of the fond rage [ported... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pages
...mountiiin-mirth. As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. Now, where the swift Khone cleaves his way between Heights which appear as lovers...broken-hearted ; Though in their souls, which thus ench other thwarted. Love was the very root of the fond rug?, Which blighted their life's bloom, ami... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. XCIV. N"w, where the swift Rhone cleaves hU way between Heights which appear as lovers who have...intervene, That they can meet no more, though brokenhearted ! Tho' in their souls, which thus each other thwarted Love was the very root of the fond rage [parted:... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black,—and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. 2 xciv. Now, where the swift Rhone cleaves his way between Heights which appear as lovers who have... | |
| George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. Now where the swift Rhone cleaves his way between Heights which appear as lovers who have parted In... | |
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