Wanderings and Excursions in North WalesC. Tilt, and Simpkin and Company, 1836 - 261 Seiten |
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... rock of Beeston and its ruins , mingled with a rich variety of landscape . The noble It was from the Phoenix Tower - the only one now left - that Charles I. beheld the triumph of the Parliament in the battle of Rowton Moor ...
... rock of Beeston and its ruins , mingled with a rich variety of landscape . The noble It was from the Phoenix Tower - the only one now left - that Charles I. beheld the triumph of the Parliament in the battle of Rowton Moor ...
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... rocks and frowning ruins . It was a lovely morning , in the earliest month of summer ; the river gradually assumed a deeper glow , as it reflected the rainbow - tints of the sunny dawn , while a soft , still haze hung over its banks far ...
... rocks and frowning ruins . It was a lovely morning , in the earliest month of summer ; the river gradually assumed a deeper glow , as it reflected the rainbow - tints of the sunny dawn , while a soft , still haze hung over its banks far ...
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... rock rear the gray crest Embattled , and within the secret glade Concealed , the abbey's ivy - mantled pile . * Such was the scenery of Hawarden , when its spectral ruins and deserted abbey first broke upon his view . He beheld the ...
... rock rear the gray crest Embattled , and within the secret glade Concealed , the abbey's ivy - mantled pile . * Such was the scenery of Hawarden , when its spectral ruins and deserted abbey first broke upon his view . He beheld the ...
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... 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 other ...
... 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 other ...
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... rock which jutted from the south bank into the sands , this grand feudal monument once looked from its vast battlemented towers , like a sovereign over its subject Dee , of which the restless waves swept its walls , as they now moan and ...
... rock which jutted from the south bank into the sands , this grand feudal monument once looked from its vast battlemented towers , like a sovereign over its subject Dee , of which the restless waves swept its walls , as they now moan and ...
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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
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 202 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Seite 80 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.