 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...head, O sovran Blanc ! The Arve' and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly, while thou, dread mountain form, Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines How silently ! Around thee and above Deep is the sky and black : transpicuous deep An ebon mass ! methinks thou piercest it As with a wedge ! But when... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 pages
...O sovran Blanc ! <4"he Arve" and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly, while thou, dread mountain form, Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines How silently ! Around thee and above Deep is the sky and black : transpicuous deep An ebon mass ! methinks thou piercest it As with a wedge ! But when... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful form! Kisest from forth thy silent sea of pines 2 How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air...thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pages
...sovereign Blanc ! The Arve and Aveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly ; but thou, most awful form ! 5 Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently...piercest it, As" with a wedge ! But when I look again, 10 It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent... | |
 | Robert Ellis (F.L.S.) - 1850 - 548 pages
...lines, entitled the Alpine Hymn, this fact is alluded to in speaking of the " Sovran Blanc." Around thce and above Deep is the air, and dark, substantial,...mass. Methinks thou piercest it As with a wedge." Sometimes, apparently in consequence of the presence of a large quantity of water in the air, the blueness... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...steep eonrse ? So long he seems to panse On thy bald awfnl head, O sovran Blane ! The Arvd and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly ; but thou, most awful...Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently 1 Around thee and above Deep is the air, and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass : methinks thou... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...steep course? So long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, O sovran Blane! The Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful...habitation from eternity ! O dread and silent mount! I gaz'd upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought: entrane'd... | |
 | Cam river - 1851 - 380 pages
...steep course? So long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, О sovran Blanc ! The Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly ; but thou, most awful...home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...steep course? So long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, O sovran Blanc! The Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful...home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent mount! I gaz'd upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...steep course 7 So long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, 0 sovran Blanc! The Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful...thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee Till thou, still present to the bodily sense Didst vanish... | |
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Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine,... 
