| Henry Morford - 1864 - 510 страници
...heedless of all that made it inappropriate : " Monnt Blanc is the monarch of mountains : They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of gnow 1" There was a brief ride remaining, then, till they rolled in over a level road, through thick... | |
| Acrostics - 1865 - 260 страници
...less old, The Ukraine's hetman, calm and bold.' 1. ' He is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.' 2. ' The southern Scott, the minstrel who called forth A new creation with his magic line.' 3. ' He... | |
| Ellen M. Rogers - 1865 - 416 страници
...Chamouni. All we felt, all we said, how we repeated, " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow," I must not here venture to recall. The only unromantic association, was that excited by the well-known... | |
| William David Stuart - 1865 - 398 страници
...scene. We could not but exclaim with the poet, — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. "| It would be the height of presumption for me to attempt to describe this scene. Man has not words... | |
| 1848 - 638 страници
...Blanc or Morgarten the nobler object? though the one be the " Monarch of mountains — They crown 'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow" — and the other only a humble field where the Swiss baffled their Austrian oppressors, and where... | |
| 1866 - 654 страници
...1760; by the celebrated naturalist, Saussure. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains : They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Now a great deal has been said, and a great deal of nonsense written, about mountain climbing — its... | |
| Samuel Manning - 1866 - 228 страници
...view bursts upon him, and he feels and sees that Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. " Such an instantaneous and extraordinary revelation of splendour we never dreamed of. The clouds had... | |
| Samuel Manning - 1866 - 248 страници
...view bursts upon him, and he feels and sees that Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. " Such an instantaneous and extraordinary revelation of splendour we never dreamed of. The clouds had... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 страници
...Mortal I be thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIBIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountaing : They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of cloudy With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 страници
...Which crush'd the waters into mist, and made Their fountains find another channel. Byron, Manfred. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains : They crown'd...With a diadem of snow, Around his waist are forests brac'd, The Avalanche in his hand. Byrim, Manfred. He who first met the highland's swelling blue, W^U... | |
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