Wanderings and Excursions in North WalesC. Tilt, and Simpkin and Company, 1836 - 261 Seiten |
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... strange feeling of the fleeting tenure of all human enjoyments filled his heart , as the Wanderer turned away and bent his steps towards the ancient retreats of British independence . With thoughts more awake to the memorable past , and ...
... strange feeling of the fleeting tenure of all human enjoyments filled his heart , as the Wanderer turned away and bent his steps towards the ancient retreats of British independence . With thoughts more awake to the memorable past , and ...
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... strange and red ; From out their spheres did planets start to us the day is doom , And night , amidst these woods and wilds , enshrouds our living tomb . Freedom and song alike expire - ' would ' twere the end of all ; But vainly on a ...
... strange and red ; From out their spheres did planets start to us the day is doom , And night , amidst these woods and wilds , enshrouds our living tomb . Freedom and song alike expire - ' would ' twere the end of all ; But vainly on a ...
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... strange delight in recalling the visions of those days , as he pursued his quiet path along the winding banks of the Dee , -his thoughts still dwelling upon that ancient city with whose strange fortunes northern Cambria , espe- cially ...
... strange delight in recalling the visions of those days , as he pursued his quiet path along the winding banks of the Dee , -his thoughts still dwelling upon that ancient city with whose strange fortunes northern Cambria , espe- cially ...
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... strange panic , -flung it from him and fled , crying out that the king was killed ! But that wise and valiant monarch was eagerly rallying his forces ; and , charging in person , finally repulsed the mountaineers , and withdrew to a ...
... strange panic , -flung it from him and fled , crying out that the king was killed ! But that wise and valiant monarch was eagerly rallying his forces ; and , charging in person , finally repulsed the mountaineers , and withdrew to a ...
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... strange mutabilities of fortune , and he now wandered solitary amidst scenes over which fancy , ennobling love , and youthful com- panionship , had cast the spell of their brief but glorious reign . The ruins of the time - dismantled ...
... strange mutabilities of fortune , and he now wandered solitary amidst scenes over which fancy , ennobling love , and youthful com- panionship , had cast the spell of their brief but glorious reign . The ruins of the time - dismantled ...
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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.