WHO first beholds those everlasting clouds, Seed-time and harvest, morning, noon and night, Still where they were, steadfast, immovable ; ' Who first beholds the Alps — that mighty chain Of Mountains, stretching on from east to west, So massive, yet... Poems [the poetical works of S.Rogers]. - Page 35by Samuel Rogers - 1845Full view - About this book
| John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...first beholds those everlasting clouds — Those mighty hills , so shadowy, so sublime, As rather 10 belong to heaven than earth — But instantly receives...that he loses not — A something that informs him Vis an hour Whence he may date henceforward and for ever." — Rogers. It was such a prospect that... | |
| Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1822 - 178 pages
...Mountains, stretching on from east to west, So massive, yet so shadowy, so ethereal, As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into...that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever ? To me they seemed the barriers of a World,... | |
| 1843 - 684 pages
...What Rogers says of one who first beholds the Alps, is strikingly applicable to each of us. For each " Instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling...that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever ! " Our road lay near the Loch all the way, and... | |
| 1823 - 450 pages
...shadowy, so ethereal. At to belong rather to Heaveu thin Earth — Bat inttantly receives into bis soul A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 41s a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever t To me they seemed the barriers of a World,... | |
| Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1823 - 218 pages
...Mountains, stretching on from east to west, So massive, yet so shadowy, so ethereal, As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into...that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever? To me they seemed the barriers of a World, Saying,... | |
| English literature - 1823 - 704 pages
...mountains stretching on from east to west, So massive, yet so shadowy, so etherial, As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth. But instantly receives into...he loses not, ' A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever »" To those who have never beheld these awful... | |
| English literature - 1823 - 598 pages
...impressions to the mind, of which no description can give the faintest shadow. Who ever has seen them But instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling...that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever ? We mounted our horses and proceeded reluctantly... | |
| 1823 - 622 pages
...impressions to the mind, of which no description can give the faintest shadow. Who ever has seen them Bat instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling...that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and forever ? We mounted our horses and proceeded reluctantly... | |
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