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... winding Teign ; the landscape on the west being closed in by the tall crests of Heytor . The course of the river is one of stately beauty , whether at its rise , gliding amid the sweet seclu- sion of verdant dells , under the bare ...
... winding Teign ; the landscape on the west being closed in by the tall crests of Heytor . The course of the river is one of stately beauty , whether at its rise , gliding amid the sweet seclu- sion of verdant dells , under the bare ...
الصفحة 439
... winding shores and great ramparts of rock , like a solid colonnade , but fringed with wood . On the inner side rises a shelving beach , gently sloping seaward from the west , but broken by the bluff point of Roundham Head . On one part ...
... winding shores and great ramparts of rock , like a solid colonnade , but fringed with wood . On the inner side rises a shelving beach , gently sloping seaward from the west , but broken by the bluff point of Roundham Head . On one part ...
الصفحة 441
... winding passages , caverns some 30 feet high and 100 feet in length , roofed with stalactites in clusters of cones on a roof like transparent glass , and with floors of stalactite white as a pavement of alabaster . The drip of water ...
... winding passages , caverns some 30 feet high and 100 feet in length , roofed with stalactites in clusters of cones on a roof like transparent glass , and with floors of stalactite white as a pavement of alabaster . The drip of water ...
الصفحة 449
... winding , ever - varying , a gay inconstant stream , it is hastening onward the swifter where it seems most to linger . Leaving Totness , it flows under steep and dark rocky banks by Sharpham Park ( R. Durant ) , which it sweeps by in a ...
... winding , ever - varying , a gay inconstant stream , it is hastening onward the swifter where it seems most to linger . Leaving Totness , it flows under steep and dark rocky banks by Sharpham Park ( R. Durant ) , which it sweeps by in a ...
الصفحة 540
... winding machinery , like the meshes of a gigantic spider's web . It needs a strong head and a sure foot to descend the dark shaft , stretched over bell - cranks and posts , down which ladders with uneven rounds afford the only access to ...
... winding machinery , like the meshes of a gigantic spider's web . It needs a strong head and a sure foot to descend the dark shaft , stretched over bell - cranks and posts , down which ladders with uneven rounds afford the only access to ...
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الصفحة 563 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
الصفحة 570 - One show'd an iron coast and angry waves. You seem'd to hear them climb and fall And roar rock-thwarted under bellowing caves, Beneath the windy wall.
الصفحة 480 - The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
الصفحة 433 - These are the forgeries of jealousy : And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
الصفحة 563 - ... my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
الصفحة 460 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile ; At sunrise she escaped their van, by God's especial grace; And the tall Pinta, till the noon, had held her close in chase.
الصفحة 460 - ATTEND, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise; I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain.
الصفحة 461 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
الصفحة 542 - And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful, as they see it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells.
الصفحة 517 - And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake.