Switzerland: how to See it for Ten Guineas

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W. Kent, 1861 - 95 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 42 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Pàgina 72 - As with a wedge ! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer, 1 worshipped the Invisible alone.
Pàgina 81 - Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face, The mirror where the stars and mountains view The stillness of their aspect in each trace Its clear depth yields of their far height and hue...
Pàgina 32 - Those mighty hills, so shadowy, so sublime, As rather to belong to heaven than earth, But instantly receives into his soul, A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis an hour Whence he may date henceforward and for ever.
Pàgina 64 - Long could I have stood, With a religious awe contemplating That house, the highest in the Ancient World, And destined to perform from age to age The noblest service, welcoming as guests All of all nations and of every faith...
Pàgina 87 - Two Voices are there; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains; each a mighty Voice: In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty!
Pàgina 10 - ... certain height ; and let him close carefully the Windows. It is, however, far better to walk on all night, should there be no other means of advancing or avoiding a spot so situated, than to run the risk. Such morasses are most dangerous in spring and autumn. Signs of the Weather among the Mountains — When, in the evening, the wind descends the valley, it is usually a sign of fine weather ; the contrary when it ascends. The same may be said of the march of the clouds at all times of the day....
Pàgina 87 - Tis with the thankful glance of parting praise ; More mighty spots may rise, more glaring shine, But none unite in one attaching maze The brilliant, fair, and soft, — the glories of old days.
Pàgina 27 - ... morning's life and breath. He sees go out in heaven the stars that kept Their glorious watch while he, unconscious, slept, — Feels God was round him while he knew it not — Is awed — then meets the world — and God's forgot. So may I not forget thee, holy Power ! Be to me ever as at this calm hour. The tree tops now are glittering in the sun : Away! 'Tis time my journey was begun.

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