 ... mine, The aim of their existence was not mine ; My joys, my griefs, my passions, and my powers, Made me a stranger; though I wore the form, I had no sympathy with breathing flesh, Nor midst the creatures of clay that girded me Was there but one who...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Page 615edited by - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Edward Hitchcock - Bible and geology - 1859 - 628 pages
...point of Europe, and behold a scene which but few eyes ever have rested upon, or ever will. We should " breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top,...Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Hit o'er the herbless granite." We should, in fact, have reached the climax of the sublime in natural... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1859 - 436 pages
...the varied and active life of this eloquent and aged philosopher, we find a youth whose — — joj was in the wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain*s top, *\V here the birds dare not build, uor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite;... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1860 - 400 pages
...scene which but few eyes ever have rested upon, or ever will. "iVe should " breathe The difficult nir of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Plit o'er the lierbless granite." We should, in fact, have reached the climax of the sublime in natural... | |
 | 1860 - 836 pages
...to landscapes where Nature alone ruled, uninfluenced by men and their civilization. Eminently, his "Joy was in the wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain tops, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...breathing flesh, Nor midst the creatures of clay that girded me Was there but one who but of her anon. I said with men, and with the thoughts of men, I held...difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birdo ilare not build, nor insect's wing ?lit o'er the hcrblcss granite ; or to plunge Into the torrent,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 696 pages
...and such The mass are; I disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves.... 1 My joy was in the wilderness, to breathe The difficult...Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing naturelles, déborde alors et dévaste le cœur qui n'a pas voulu s'épancher. Il a aimé, trop aimé,... | |
 | Illustrated sketches - 1864 - 364 pages
...acquainted with the dreadful fact. But on the morning on which it had happened, an Alpine hunter, " Whose joy was in the wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top," had been watching near an Eagle's nest, with the hope of shooting the bird on her return to her young.... | |
 | Henry Washington Hilliard - 1865 - 556 pages
...climb the mountain side ; and often have I watched their course deep into the night. Like Manfred : * My joy was in the wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountains' tops, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flits o'er the herbless granite... | |
 | Henry Astbury Leveson - Hunting - 1865 - 706 pages
...days longer, after which we returned to Fred's comfortable quarters at Dehra. [ 422 ] CHAPTER XXIV. " My joy was in the wilderness to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountains' tops, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herblcss granite."... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...breathing flesh, Nor midst the creatures of clay that girded mo Was there but one who but of her anon. I said, with men, and with the thoughts of men I held...mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite ; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the... | |
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