...banks, though empires near them fall. LXIÏ. Rut these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palace« of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned eternity in icv halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All...

...recede. A bore me at» the Alp«, Tue palace« of lulure. whose *a>l walls Нл»е pinnacled ia cloud« their snowy scalps. And throned eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and fills The avalanche — the thunderbolt of mow \ All that eip.indi the spirit, yet appal«, Gather...

...scientific projection of the shadows. Mm.1 Blanc. — Bulcock, Strand. This is a beautiful picture of the — " palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, •^'throned eternit;- in icy halls ' tubUmity." It ¡a taken from the vale of Chamouni, and executed...

...few detached lines is all that is left in regard to them by the Roman poets. The Alps themselves, " The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow," — even these, the most glorious objects which the eye of man can behold, were regarded by the ancients...

...the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose vast walla, Have piunacled in clouds their snowy And tbroned eternity, in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderholt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show...

...drear, By Religion and Charity hlest; Huspitality ventures to smile even here, /• 101 THE ALPS. AEOVE me are the Alps, The palaces of nature, whose vast walls, Have piunacled in clouds their suowy And throned eternity, in icy halls Of cold suhlimity, where forms and...

...for doing that, which cannot be well done, without a considerable degree of minuteness and prolixity. The palaces of nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow!" Above me are the Alps, Canto Hi. G3. Another instance of the...

...the ANDES, excited very dissimilar trains of thought in two cotemporary poets of first-rate genius. BYRON — Above me are the ALPS, The palaces of Nature,...And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity. CAMPBELL — Afar, TOUR OF HEALTH. . " Viresque acquirit eundo." As a preliminary to the Tour which...

...under the poet's description of this river among the mountains of Switzerland. I could not say — " Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose...walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps." But we often found ourselves in spots upon the banks of this splendid stream, which is thus beautifully...

...remarkably snug" until the affair had blown over. CHAPTER X. And now I go, but go alone. — SCOTT. Above me are the Alps, ., The palaces of nature, whose...their snowy scalps, And throned eternity in icy halls, &c. — BYEOX. " ARE you sure all my things are on board, Slowand-Easy ?" asked Mr. Green, as he stood...