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" 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 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Page 224
1828
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The complete works of lord Byron, repr. from the last London ed ..., Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...for this suspension of disgust, (ù) LX1X. The roar of waters! — from the headlong height Veliuo s gates, my shade shall seek for LII. Ne jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX. And mounts in spray the skies, and thence...
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The complete works of lord Byron, repr. from the last London ed ..., Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...With Nature's baptism, — 'tis to him ye must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. (¿) LX1X. The roar of waters! — from the headlong height Velino...precipice; The fall of waters! rapid as the light The Hashing mass foams, shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...descrihe." — HW WILLIAMs.] LxvII. LxIx. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino eleaves the wave.worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the ahyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And hoil in endless torture ; while the sweat...
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The Poetry of the Pentateuch, Volume 1

Hobart Caunter - Bible - 1839 - 590 pages
...his poems. It is the description of a cataract from the fourth canto of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. The roar of waters ! from the headlong height Velino...from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again...
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The London Saturday journal, Volumes 1-4

1841 - 986 pages
...waterfall, probably " Terni," by Claude Lorraine. " The roar of waters ! from the headlong height Celina cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters...light The flashing mass foams, shaking the abyss." Among the portraits is a characteristic one of Henry VIII. by Holbein, wearing the blunt homely features...
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The Idler in Italy, Volume 3

Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1840 - 336 pages
...I thought of Byron as I gazed on this fine cataract, for he has painted it in never fading colours. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height...The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And hoil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon,...
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The Idler in Italy, Volume 3

Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1840 - 388 pages
...gazed on this fine cataract, for he has painted it in never fading colours. » The roar of waters f — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn...light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The bell of waters ! where they howl ami hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great...
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American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic ...

Nathaniel Parker Willis - Middle Atlantic States - 1840 - 302 pages
...descriptive of Niagara. " The roar of waters I— from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave- worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light...mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters 1 where they howl and hiss. And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Last London Edition ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...With Nature's baptism, — 'tis to him ye must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. (5) LXIX. ; I will deliver your reply; It cannot much import—...service. [Exit VIHCEWZO. Doge (SO/MJ). This patron may jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again...
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The Idler in Italy, New Series

Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1841 - 390 pages
...gazed on this fine cataract, for he has painted it in never fading colours. The roar of waters I — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn...from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror Bet, And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again...
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