To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely, been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that... The works of lord Byron - Page 20by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
| Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett - 384 pages
...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell. And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ! This is not solitude, 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms and view her stores unroll'd I" When on a sudden I heard a loud shriek ! tbe scream of a woman in distress ! my romance was aroused,... | |
| 1834 - 536 pages
...mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold Alone o'er steeps and foaming...solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's God, and view His stores unroll'd. EAI THE practices of the best men are moro subject to error than... | |
| 1836 - 382 pages
...on him by one king, he revenged himself on all the succeeding monarchs of his country. SOLITUDE. " But midst the crowd, the hum the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along the world's tired denizen, With none to bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - England - 1834 - 432 pages
...muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest shady scene To climb the trackless mountain, — This is not solitude, 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. IÍIBON. (/ ~*~ ц '¿ GFt\TLF, READER, imagine thyself with mm who, with the " hand of his heart,"... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 pages
...muso o'er flood and fell. To slowly trace the forest shady scene To climb the trackless mountain, — This is not solitude, 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. BVHON. GENTLE READER, imagine thyself with him who, with the " hand of his heart," is tracing these... | |
| Thomas Dyke (the younger.) - 1834 - 380 pages
...o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, . . To climb the trackless mountain,— This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd." I DO not know whether there are any larks at Interlaken, but if there be, we matched them this morning,... | |
| Mrs. O'Neill - Great Britain - 1835 - 214 pages
...mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain aU unseen, With the 'vild flocks that never need a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming...solitude ! — 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's God, and see His stores unroll'd." Forget we not the Artist in the art, Nor overlook the Giver in the... | |
| 1835 - 284 pages
...been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold Aloue o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not...solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's God, and view His stores unroll'd. EAI THE practices of the best men are more subject to error than... | |
| Penruddock - 1835 - 1122 pages
...servants, and Sir Edward allowed them sufficient to enable them to live with comfort. CHAPTER VIII. Bat midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bleu us, none whom we can bless ;... | |
| 1836 - 784 pages
...ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean...the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless... | |
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