Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its... Switzerland: Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work - Page 22by William Henry Bartlett, William Beattie - 1836Full view - About this book
| 1818 - 638 pages
...things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant... | |
| 1843 - 636 pages
...things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant... | |
| England - 1849 - 802 pages
...in its traok, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, " Horribly beantiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant... | |
| 1818 - 498 pages
...things in its track, Charming the eye with dread; — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...amidst the infernal surge, Like HOPE upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, btars serene Its brilliant... | |
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1818 - 862 pages
...his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent To the brood column Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...things in its track, Charming the eye with dread,—a matchless cataract, " Horribly beautiful ! hot on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope n pon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters,... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering rtiorn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, 37 LXXII. Horribly beautiful! but on the verge,' From side to side , beneath the glittering morn, An iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, 38 Like Hope upon a death- bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted... | |
| Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 462 pages
...things in its track Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract " Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn 475 Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its... | |
| Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 468 pages
...things in its track Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract " Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering...morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hqpe upon a death-bed, and, unworn NARNI. 875 Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted... | |
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