Wanderings and Excursions in North WalesC. Tilt, and Simpkin and Company, 1836 - 261 pàgines |
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Pàgina 2
... lofty Taliessin , oft At the dim twilight hour , in pensive mood , Amid the silent halls o'ergrown with briars , Recals the festivals of old , when blazed The giant oak , and chieftains crown'd with mead The sculptured horn , while the ...
... lofty Taliessin , oft At the dim twilight hour , in pensive mood , Amid the silent halls o'ergrown with briars , Recals the festivals of old , when blazed The giant oak , and chieftains crown'd with mead The sculptured horn , while the ...
Pàgina 38
... lofty hills gradually breaking on the horizon , over which the light fleecy clouds had yet hung . With every mingled charm of hill and dale , Mountain and mead ; hoar cliff and forest wide , And thine the ruins where rapt genius broods ...
... lofty hills gradually breaking on the horizon , over which the light fleecy clouds had yet hung . With every mingled charm of hill and dale , Mountain and mead ; hoar cliff and forest wide , And thine the ruins where rapt genius broods ...
Pàgina 46
... lofty rock above the church , now called Pen y Parc . In the vicinity are two high mounds , the site , it is supposed , of for- tresses long since destroyed . One near Gadlys appears to have been the seat of some Welsh prince ; the ...
... lofty rock above the church , now called Pen y Parc . In the vicinity are two high mounds , the site , it is supposed , of for- tresses long since destroyed . One near Gadlys appears to have been the seat of some Welsh prince ; the ...
Pàgina 64
... lofty and richly wooded banks , and at its extremity the noble bridge appears to great advantage . The river there takes a new direction , running west and then north , along most romantic dingles , varied with meadows , woods , and ...
... lofty and richly wooded banks , and at its extremity the noble bridge appears to great advantage . The river there takes a new direction , running west and then north , along most romantic dingles , varied with meadows , woods , and ...
Pàgina 65
... lofty Snowdon beyond . Midway from end to end , the prospect is enriched with towns and castles ; and tower- ing above the rest , frowns the rock of Denbigh , the shattered fragments of its castle crowning the summit of its isolated ...
... lofty Snowdon beyond . Midway from end to end , the prospect is enriched with towns and castles ; and tower- ing above the rest , frowns the rock of Denbigh , the shattered fragments of its castle crowning the summit of its isolated ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
Abbey ancient Anglesey antique appearance Arthur Asaph bard beauty Beddgelert beheld Bettws y Coed bishop bold bridge British Caernarvon Caernarvonshire Capel Curig castle character charm Chester Chirk Castle church Clwyd Conway crown deep Dinas distance Earl Edward English erected Euloe favourite feet Flint Flint Castle Flintshire fortress genius glen Glendower Hawarden head heights Henry hills Holyhead honour hues King kynge lake land less Llanberis Llanrwst Llewellyn Llyn lofty lonely Lord magnificent majestic Menai Merlin miles mind Moel Siabod monarch mountain night noble North Wales Northop observed Offa's Dyke once Owen passed Pennant picturesque pleasant present prince Radclyffe retreat Rhuddlan Richard river rocks romantic round royal ruins Saltney scene scenery seat seemed seen shadows side singular Snowdon Snowdonia South Stack splendour spot stream summit surrounding tower town vale valley Vortigern walls Wanderer waters Welsh wild woods youe
Passatges populars
Pàgina 186 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Pàgina 49 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Pàgina 132 - The soul and source of music, which makes known Eternal harmony, and sheds a charm, Like to the fabled Cytherea's zone, Binding all things with beauty ; — 'twould disarm The spectre Death, had he substantial power to harm. xci. Not vainly did the early Persian make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o'ergazing mountains...
Pàgina 202 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Pàgina 80 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Pàgina 53 - Richard, no man cried, God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust was thrown upon his sacred head : Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, — That, had not God, for some strong purpose steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Pàgina 53 - As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious...
Pàgina 186 - Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell...
Pàgina 132 - All heaven and earth are still— though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep: — All heaven and earth are still: From the high host Of stars, to the lull'd lake and mountain-coast, All is concenter'd in a life intense, Where not a beam, nor air, nor leaf is lost, But hath a part of being, and a sense Of that which is of all Creator and defence.
Pàgina 131 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.