Cook's Tourist's Handbook for Holland, Belgium, and the RhineThomas Cook & Son, 1880 - 308 páginas |
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15th century Aix-la-Chapelle altar Amongst Amsterdam ancient Andernach Antwerp Archbishop Ardennes Basle beautiful Belgian Belgium Black Forest bridge Bruges Brussels building built Calais canal capital carved castle Cathedral celebrated Chapel Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bold choir Christ Church of St Coblentz Cologne contains Cook's crossed curious dating Duke Düsseldorf Dutch Elector Emperor English erected excursion feet formerly fortifications franc French Gallery Gardens gate German Ghent Gothic Grand Hall hill Holland Hotel Coupons Hougomont Ibid interesting interior King Liége London Mayence Metz miles monument Moselle mountain Museum neighbourhood Ostend paintings Palace passed picturesque Platz pleasant Portrait Prince principal promenades Quentin Matsys Railway Station Rhine river Roman Rotterdam Rubens ruins scene scenery seen side spire statue steamer stone Strassburg Strasse streets Sundays Theatre tomb tourist tower town traveller trees Trèves Treviri Trier valley village Virgin visitor walls
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Página 174 - The castled crag of Drachenfels("> Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me ! 2.
Página 127 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour ago, Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness. And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 127 - THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry — and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Página 127 - But hark!— that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than> before! Arm! Arm! it is— it is— the cannon's opening roar!
Página 127 - As if the clouds its echo would repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar. " Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound, the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear...
Página 127 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Página 182 - By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound; Beneath its base are heroes...
Página 102 - IN the ancient town of Bruges, In the quaint old Flemish city, As the evening shades descended, Low and loud and sweetly blended, Low at times and loud at times, And changing like a poet's rhymes, Rang the beautiful wild chimes From the Belfry in the market Of the ancient town of Bruges.