| 1825 - 426 pages
...thick moss of centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness where tile thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and at the base Dashed them in fragments, and to lay thine ear Over the dizzy depth, and hear the sound Of winds that... | |
| 1825 - 412 pages
...the thick moss of centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness where the thundcibolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge, and see Where storm and ligiituing, frum that huge gray wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and at the base Dashed them in... | |
| 1826 - 192 pages
...the thick moss of centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness where the thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and at the base Dashed them in fragments, and to lay thine ear Over the dizzy depth, and hear the sound Of winds, that... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...weather-beaten capitals, here dark Of chalky whiteness, where the thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and, at the base, Dashed them in fragments; and to lay thine ear Of winds, that struggle with the woods below, Over the... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...thick moss oi centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness, where the thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...gray wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and, at t!:e base, Dashed them in fragments ; and to lay thine ear Over the dizzy depth, and hear the sound... | |
| John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...thick moss of centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness, where the thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and, at the base, Dashed them in fragments ; and to lay thine ear Over the dizzy depth, and hear the sound Of winds,... | |
| 1833 - 224 pages
...thick moss of centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness, where the thunderbolt Has splintereH them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...and see Where storm and lightning, from that huge grey wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and, at the base, Dashed them in fragments ; and to lay thine... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 pages
...thick moss of centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness, where the thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...and see Where storm and lightning, from that huge giay wall. Have tumbled down vast blocks, and, at the base, Dashed them in fragments ; and to lay thine... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...the thick moss of centuries, and there Of chalky whiteness where the thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge,...wall, Have tumbled down 'vast blocks, and at the base Dashed them in fragments, and to lay thine ear Over the dizzy depth, and hear the sound Of winds, that... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...whiteness where the thunderbolt Has splintered them. It is a fearful thing To stand upon the heeding verge, and see Where storm and lightning, from that...wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and at the base Dashed them in fragments, and to lay thine ear Over the dizzy depth, and hear the sound Of winds, that... | |
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