 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
 | William Lindsay Alexander - 1846 - 364 pages
...is absorbed in the view of the mountains, — "Alps on Alps in clusters swelling!" and amid those " Palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...throned eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity—" one feels as if shut in from all common-place associations and sources of pleasure, and constrained... | |
 | John Murray - 1846 - 552 pages
...to recover the body was considered impossible. EXCUBSIONS ABOUND CHAMOUNT. " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...their snowy scalps, ; And throned Eternity in icy hails Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The Avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII. But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow I All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show [below. How Earth... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...Alps, The palaces of nature, whose vast waJls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And thron'd eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms...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... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...familiar face, And clasp the mountain in his mind's embrace. BYRON'S Island. 35* 2. Above me are the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And thron'd eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt... | |
 | 1847 - 522 pages
...— '• Alps on alps in clusters a welling I " And amid thoso " Palace* of nature, whose vast walla Have pinnacled In clouds their snowy scalps, And throned eternity In Icy halla Of cold sublimity," one feels as if shut in from all commonplace associations and sources of... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - 1848 - 400 pages
...increase of the glaciers, and on the avalanches, which show that he carefully explored "The Alps Those palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity." On the evening of the 29th of August, 1793, after toiling all day up a zigzag road, carrying their... | |
 | 1851 - 478 pages
...all perishable objects within the cella. CORMAYOR, VALLEY OF AOSTE. ITALY. " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow '." BYKON. ENCLOSED by barriers of ice and snow, which obstruct the approach of the most adventurous... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pages
...volley speeds, and Albert — Albert — falls! the dear old father bleeds! 346. Above me are the Alps, the palaces of Nature, whose vast walls have pinnacled...and falls the avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! 347. Now, now, the secret I implore; out with it — speak — discover — utter ! 348. Peace ! I'd... | |
 | 1849 - 354 pages
...Moses spake when he said, " Tlie Spirit of God moved upon the face of tJie great deep." " The Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and fulls The avalanche—the thunderholt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around... | |
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