... solemn scene : behold yon oak, How stern he frowns, and with his broad brown arms Chills the pale plain beneath him : mark yon altar, The dark stream brawling round its rugged base, These cliffs, these yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with... A Tour Through Cornwall, in the Autumn of 1808 - الصفحة 121بواسطة Richard Warner - 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 363عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Richard Warner - 1802 - عدد الصفحات: 318
...recolleftion of the ancient appropriation of the spotj " and awed our souls, " As if the very Genius of the place " Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread. " Stalk'd through his drear domain." Broome-Hall and Castle make pleasing obje&s through the vista from Mayburgh. Passing the old tower... | |
| 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 570
...druidical remains; _....-_» And aw'd our souls, As if the very Genius of the place, Himself appearM, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear...where nothing met the eye around but nature in her primaeval rudeness ; vast rocks of granite starting out of the ground, of every form, and in every... | |
| William Mason - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very Genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends, (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage) Surely there is a hidden power,... | |
| William Mason - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very Genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends, (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage) Surely there is a hidden power,... | |
| 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone: they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends, (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage) Surely there is a hidden power,... | |
| 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 694
...yawning caverns, this wide circus. Skirted with unhewn stone ; they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain — we could fancy that both these personages had come fresh from the study of the English garden.... | |
| Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 564
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain — we could fancy that both these personages had come fresh from the study of the English garden.... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage), Surely there is a hidden power... | |
| John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 558
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone. They awe my soul, As if the very Genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain." We know of scarcely any thing finer than this from the sermons of Bishop Sherlock, which we now take... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 868
...yawning caverns, this wide circus. Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage). Surely there is a hidden power... | |
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