 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pagina’s
...So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try. Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread th* sky; Th' eternal snows appear already past. And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; 75 But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labors of the lengthen'«! way ; Th' incieasing... | |
 | 1834 - 754 pagina’s
...other hills beyond it, and continues to travel on as before." " So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the...The eternal snows appear already past, And the first woods and mountains seem the last ; But, these attained, we tremble to survey, The growing labours... | |
 | James Holman - 1834 - 386 pagina’s
...scenery, amidst which we had been for some time making our progress. " pleas'd at first, the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last, But those... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pagina’s
...surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise. So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, 225 Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; The eternal snows appear already pass'd, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pagina’s
...strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So, pleased at first, the towering Alps we try, * Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky 1 The eterna1! snows appear already pass'd, And the first clonds and mountains seem the last : But,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 394 pagina’s
..."Science!" interrupted Harry. "Now, my dear, I can go on myself. " ' So pleased at first the towering Alps we try. Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But those... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - 356 pagina’s
..."Science!" interrupted Harry. "Now, my dear, I can go on by myself. " So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But those... | |
 | Henry Martin Atkins - 1838 - 76 pagina’s
...THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, ON THE 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837. So pleased at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But these... | |
 | Henry Martin Atkins - 1838 - 70 pagina’s
...THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, ON THE 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837. So pleased at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But these... | |
 | 1839 - 536 pagina’s
...illustrative of this, that 1 shall be excused for quoting it : " So pleased, at first, the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the...first clouds and mountains seem the last. • But these attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labors of the lengthen'd way ; The increasing prospect... | |
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While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more advanced, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise. So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales,... 
