Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales: With the Scenery of the River Wye. With 50 Engravings from DrawingsBohn, 1854 - 336 oldal |
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xiv. oldal
... delightful indecision , in which the painter has drawn the celebrated Garrick betwixt the rival Muses ; or , feeling his curiosity stimulated by the time he has read thus far , shall induce him abruptly to say , with the impatient ...
... delightful indecision , in which the painter has drawn the celebrated Garrick betwixt the rival Muses ; or , feeling his curiosity stimulated by the time he has read thus far , shall induce him abruptly to say , with the impatient ...
3. oldal
... delightfully situated on the north bank of the Rheidol , in the centre of Cardigan Bay , commanding a sea - view of great extent , and of that sublime beauty inseparable from a marine prospect bounded only by the horizon . The hills of ...
... delightfully situated on the north bank of the Rheidol , in the centre of Cardigan Bay , commanding a sea - view of great extent , and of that sublime beauty inseparable from a marine prospect bounded only by the horizon . The hills of ...
15. oldal
... delightful excursions may be made from Aber- ystwith , among the grand and romantic scenery of Cardigan's mountains and glens . First in beauty as in popularity , is the oft - praised , but indescribable spot , where the Devil's Bridge ...
... delightful excursions may be made from Aber- ystwith , among the grand and romantic scenery of Cardigan's mountains and glens . First in beauty as in popularity , is the oft - praised , but indescribable spot , where the Devil's Bridge ...
20. oldal
... Delight the eye , reanimate the heart , And on the florid cheek emboss the rose ' Mid sweetest dimples and unfeignéd smiles . Here shepherd swains , attentive to their charge , Distent o'er hillocks green , or mountains huge , Mantled ...
... Delight the eye , reanimate the heart , And on the florid cheek emboss the rose ' Mid sweetest dimples and unfeignéd smiles . Here shepherd swains , attentive to their charge , Distent o'er hillocks green , or mountains huge , Mantled ...
23. oldal
... delight in making the acquaintance of all pilgrims to Hafod , and to entertain them with its imitative notes , is dead . The beautiful cascades , the rocks , the woods , and the gentle wild - flowers , still wear their wonted looks of ...
... delight in making the acquaintance of all pilgrims to Hafod , and to entertain them with its imitative notes , is dead . The beautiful cascades , the rocks , the woods , and the gentle wild - flowers , still wear their wonted looks of ...
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abbey Aberystwith amongst ancient antiquities appears arches armour banks bard beautiful Bishop BRARY Brecknockshire bridge Bristol Channel built called Cardigan Cardiganshire Carew Castle Carmarthen Carreg Cennen Castle castle church cliffs commanding dark distance earl eminence erected feet Fishguard fortress Giraldus GOODRICH COURT grand ground Gruffydd Gruffydd ap Rhys Hafod Henry Henry II Hereford hills king land Llandilo Llangurig Llewelyn lofty Lord lovely magnificent miles Monmouth mountain Neath neighbourhood Norman o'er passed Pembroke Picton Castle picturesque pleasant Pont Neath Vaughan possession Presteign prince ravine reign remains Rhaiadyr Rheidol Rhys ap Thomas rich rising river river Wye road rocks rocky Roman ruins scene scenery side Sir Rhys ap spot stands stone STRATA FLORIDA ABBEY stream summit surrounding Teivy tion tower Towey town traveller trees vale valley village Wales walls wanderer waters Welsh wild winding wood Ystwith
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325. oldal - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...
144. oldal - But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
19. oldal - The roar of waters!— from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
222. oldal - While strayed my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till contemplation had her fill.
254. oldal - Where'er we gaze, around, above, below, What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found ! Rock, river, forest, mountain all abound, And bluest skies that harmonize the whole : Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks, that shock yet please the soul.
230. oldal - When thou thy jewels up dost bind, — that day Remember us, we pray, — That where the beryl lies And the crystal, 'bove the skies, There thou may'st appoint us place Within the brightness of thy face ; And our soul In the scroll . . Of life and blissfulness enrol, That we may praise thee to eternity.
296. oldal - And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast, And view th...
204. oldal - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
322. oldal - Hodney's mountain stream. Perchance thy youth Has read with eager wonder how the Knight Of Wales in Ormandine's enchanted bower Slept the long sleep ; and, if that in thy veins Flow the pure blood of Britain, sure that blood Hath flowed with quicker impulse at the tale Of David's deeds, when through...
207. oldal - STATELY the feast, and high the cheer: Girt with many an armed peer, And canopied with golden pall, Amid CILGARRAN'S castle hall, Sublime in formidable state, * And warlike splendour, Henry sate; Prepar'd to stain the briny flood Of Shannon's lakes with rebel blood.