It is not noon — the sunbow's rays ' still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro, like the pale courser's... The Southern Review - Página 311831Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Lindsay Alexander - 1846 - 360 páginas
...some favoured friend amid the solitudes of the opposite Alps. Byron says in his poetry, that it is " Like the pale courser's tail, The giant steed to be bestrode by death As told in the Apocalypse ; " and in his journal he says the same in prose. I am constrained to dissent from the noble poet's... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 páginas
...heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular. And fling its lines of foaming light along. And to and fro, like the pale courser's tail. L The Giant steed, to be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse. No eyes But mine now drink this... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1846 - 508 páginas
...propounding his canons of austere criticism, and cooking the while his steak ; West arranging the tail of the " Giant steed to be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse," with as much coolness as he would his own cravat ; Wilson with his hand trembling at his palette, half... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 382 páginas
...heaven, 7 -ind roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro,...be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse." It makes you think of many things, this beautiful fall, springing so fearlessly into the gulf. It is... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 356 páginas
...heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro,...courser's tail, The Giant steed, to be bestrode by Death, (1) [This scene is one of the most poetical and most sweetly written in Ihopoem. There is a still and... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1848 - 242 páginas
...heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro,...be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse." It makes you think o'f many things, this beautiful fall, springing so fearlessly into the gulf. It... | |
| David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 páginas
...heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro, like the pale' courser's tail, The giant-steed, to be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse." Manfred, act ii. sc. ii. 255. The... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1851 - 316 páginas
...propounding hig canons of austere criticism, and cooking the while his steak; West arranging the tail of the Giant steed to be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse, 'with as much coolness as he would his own cravat; Wilson with his hand trembling at his palette, half... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1851 - 784 páginas
...heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular. And fling Its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro, like the pale courier's tail. The Giant Itecd, to be batrode of Dealt Ai told As Mr Apocalypic." is only in ihe sunshine.... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 páginas
...heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crags headlong perpendicular. And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro,...be bestrode by Death, As told in the Apocalypse." Manfred. The Staubbach is seen to perfection before noon, when the iris formed by the sun falling full... | |
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