 STRANGER ! if e'er thine ardent step hath traced The northern realms of ancient Caledon, Where the proud Queen of Wilderness hath placed, By lake and cataract, her lonely throne ; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and...  The Lord of the Isles: A Poem - Page 127by Walter Scott - 1815 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1815 - 568 pages
...cataract, her lonely throne ; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents...fears began to press Thy bosom with a stern solemnity. . . • • • t . - • i •, . .1 Then hast thou wish'd some woodman's cottage nigh, Something... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 698 pages
...cataract, her lonely thi'one; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents...began to press . Thy bosom with a stern solemnity." P. 127* Here the poetry assumes the stanzaic form, nor are we sorry to be delivered for a while from... | |
 | St. Clyde (fict.name.) - 1816 - 322 pages
...delight thy soul hath known Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, -Listing where from the cliffs ike torrents thrown Mingle their echoes with the eagle's...And with the sounding lake and with the moaning sky, THE LORD OF THE ISLES. WHEN St. Clyde and the excisemen, and the cutter's people, had advanced in this... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 pages
...her lonely throne; Sohlime hat sad delight thy sonl hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and monntain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents thrown...Mingle their echoes with the eagle's cry, And with the sonnding lake, and with the moaning sky. Yes! 'twas sohlime, hat sad. — The loneliness Loaded thy... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1818 - 500 pages
...cataract, her lonely throne ; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents...thrown Mingle their echoes with the eagle's cry, And witli the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky. nigh, Bomethio Yes! 'twas sublime, but sad.— The... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 410 pages
...cataract, her lonely throne ; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents...with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky. vOL. vII. H Yes ! 'twas sublime, but sad. The loneliness Loaded thy heart, the desert tired thine eye... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...cataract, her lonely ibrone ; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen irad mountain high. Listing where from the cliffs the torrents...with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky. Tes! Ч was sublime, but sad.— The loneliness Loaded thy heart, the desert tired thine eye; And strange... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...realm* of ancient Caledon, Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high. Listing where from the cliffs the torrents...with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky. Tes! 'twas sublime, but sad. — The loneliness Loaded thy heart, the desert tired thine eye; And strange... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliff's the torrents thrown Mingle their echoes with the eagle's...with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky. Yes ! 't was sublime, but sad. — The loneliness Loaded thy heart, the desert tired thine eye ; And strange... | |
 | Thomas Rose (topographical writer.) - 1832 - 232 pages
...resistless torrent should bear him away in its course, as he stands " Gazing on pathless glen, and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents...with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky." The stream falls between two perpendicular rocks, the intermediate parts of which, broken into large... | |
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