Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady... The Works of Lord Byron - Page 155by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Full view - About this book
| 1818 - 638 pages
...new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, jhrough the vale : — Look back ! Lo ! where it comes like...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits,... | |
| 1843 - 636 pages
...fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn An Iris sits,... | |
| England - 1849 - 802 pages
...fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly With many...an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its traok, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, " Horribly beantiful ! but on the verge,... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering rtiorn, An Iris sits,... | |
| 1818 - 574 pages
...only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale t — Look back ! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity,...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract. (P. 36—38.) The image presented us of ancient Rome is full of moral magnificence, and with this we... | |
| 1818 - 498 pages
...rivers which flow gushingly, Wilh many windings, through the vale:— Look back! Lo ! where it comet like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in...Charming the eye with dread; — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits,... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...be Parent of rive», which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :—Look back ! Io ; where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread,—a matchless cataract, " Horribly beautiful ! hot on the verge, From side to side, beneath... | |
| Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 462 pages
...a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings thro' the vale : Look back ! Lo ! where it comes like an...Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract " Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits,... | |
| Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 468 pages
...As if to sweep down all things in its track Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract " Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to...morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hqpe upon a death-bed, and, unworn NARNI. 875 Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted... | |
| English literature - 1846 - 522 pages
...ECHOES FROM THE BACKWOODS. BY CAPTAIN LEVINGE. (CONCLUDED.) CHAP. XIII. UPPEK CANADA — NIAGARA. .... Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity As...Charming the eye with dread, a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits... | |
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