 Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3141818Full view - About this book
 | George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - 302 pages
...for we were now coming where nature displays some of her wildest scenes : - " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...and falls The avalanche, the thunder-bolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How earth may pierce... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 446 pages
...recover the body was considered impossible. EXCURSIONS AROUND CI-IAMOUNY. " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, wlîcre forms and falls The Avalanche— the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet... | |
 | 1838 - 426 pages
...voices " warbling to the silver strings" of nature, were all wwsung. And even in regard to the Alps, " The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...clouds their snowy scalps, And throned eternity in icy balls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunder-bolt of snow," — even... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...recover the body was considered impossible. EXCURSIONS AROUND CHAMOUNY. " Above mo are the Alp.-,, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, a And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls f The Avalanche — the... | |
 | William Fullerton Cumming - 1839 - 838 pages
...or it must be a genius • like Byron's that succeeds in the attempt. — " Above me are the Alps, The Palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...and falls The Avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow, — All that expands the spirit yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to shew How earth may pierce... | |
 | Ludwig Gerold Meyer von Knonau - 1839 - 688 pages
...an bit »CDfdje ©ten^t. SKeçeré ŒvbfHnbs. U. 25 unb bec SOîonJtblanc u Above me are the Alps , The palaces of Nature , whose vast walls Have pinnacled...Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and foils The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the .spirit, yet appals, Gather around... | |
 | 1842 - 542 pages
...the present king of the Belgians. IDA OF ZERNDORF : A. SKETCH Of THE ALPS. -Ahove me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps. And shrouded eternity in icy halls Of cold suhlimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderholt... | |
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 pages
...ШТТАОЕ, SECTION AN В 3» ETAЗ LS , PLATES XXV.— XXVI. A SWISS COTTAGE. • " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature — whose vast walls Have pinnacled...and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...not much strike by comparison ; but the situation is commandBut these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show [below. riow Earth... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...fall. LXIL But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Нате ay, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show [below. How Earth... | |
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