 | Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lyn Botta, Anne C. Lynch - History - 1841 - 374 pages
...of Indian origin expressively denotes. " The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Niagara cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters...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 then again... | |
 | Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lyn Botta, Anne C. Lynch - History - 1841 - 362 pages
...name of Indian origin expressively denotes. " The roar of waters !—from the headlong height Niagara cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters!...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 then again... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...of disgust. l.XIX. The roar of w.iters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave. worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light...from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX. And mounts in spray the skies, and thence... | |
 | Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lyn Botta, Anne C. Lynch - History - 1841 - 376 pages
...roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Niagara cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall_of waters! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams...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 then again... | |
 | Joshua Horner - Art - 1841 - 162 pages
...The roar of waters 1— from the headlong height , Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; And boll In endless torture; while the sweat Of their great...from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of let That gird the gulf around. In pitiless horror set, And mounts In spray the nkles, and thence again... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...height Velino cleaves the wave- worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The Sashing o be so lost. [dared Sar. Lost! — why, who Is the...ruler Forgets himself, will they remember him ? Su jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX. And mounts in spray the skies, and thence... | |
 | Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier - Mediterranean Region - 1842 - 412 pages
...tortoises — Disappointment. " The roar of waters! from the headlong height Sinuns cleaves the wave worn precipice ; The fall of waters! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams, shaking the abyss ; The hill of waters ! when they howl and hiss And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. THE CATARACT OF VELINO. 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... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1843 - 616 pages
...The roar of watera! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall nf waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams...agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls runnd the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, And mounts in sprays the... | |
 | Criticism - 1848 - 628 pages
...call vividly to mind Lord Byron's graphic description of one of the grandest cataracts in Europe. " A roar of waters ; from the headlong height, Velino cleaves the waveworn precipice ; A fall of waters — rapid as the light, The fashing mass foams shaking the abyss. A heu of waters... | |
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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... 
