Views A-foot, Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and StaffWiley and Putnam, 1852 - 393 páginas |
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Alps American arches ascended bank beautiful Ben Lomond blue Bohemia bridge Brocken castle Cathedral chapel Charlemagne church clouds countenance covered crossed crowd Danube dark descended distance dome Elbe entered feeling feet filled Florence foot forest Frankfort gardens Genoa German glorious green half hall heart Heidelberg hills hundred Italian Italy lake leaving light little village Loch Katrine lofty look lovely Lurlei magnificent marble meadows mighty miles morning mountain Munich narrow nearly Neckar night Odenwald painting palace passed picture pine plain rain reached Rhine river road rock Roman Rome rose ruins Salzburg Saxon Switzerland scene scenery seemed side snow spires spirit square stand stood storm stream streets summit sword Ticino tomb took tower Traun Traunstein trees valley Vaucluse Vienna visited walk walls waves whole wild wind
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Página 37 - A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town!
Página 51 - The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, Nymphs! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?
Página 303 - Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior!
Página 48 - IN the market-place of Bruges stands the belfry old and brown; Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded, still it watches o'er the town. As the summer morn was breaking, on that lofty tower I stood, And the world threw off the darkness, like the weeds of widowhood.
Página 188 - And when the loud bell shakes the spires And flame aloft the signal-fires, I go below and join the throng And swing my sword and sing my song : " I am the boy of the mountain !" Salzburg lies on both sides of the Salza, hemmed in on either hand by precipitous mountains.
Página 221 - Biilach, those tall and stately trees, with velvet down upon their shining leaves and rustic benches underneath their overhanging eaves ! A leafy dwelling, fit to be the home of elf or fairy, where first I told my love to thee, thou cold and stately Hermione ! A little peasant girl stood near, and listened all the while, with eyes of wonder and delight, and an unconscious smile, to hear the stranger...
Página 328 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Página 39 - In the middle is a small printing press, where a sheet containing a description of the whole work is printed for those who desire it. As I was no stranger to this art, I requested the boy to let me print one myself, but he had such a bad roller I did not succeed in getting a good impression. The air within is somewhat damp, but fresh and agreeably cool, and one can scarcely realize in walking along the light passage, that a river is rolling above his head. The immense solidity and compactness of...
Página 85 - With the first line of the last stanza, the Presidents sitting at the head of the table, take their glasses in their right hands, and at the third line, the sword in their left, at the end striking their glasses together and drinking. " In left hand gleaming, thou art beaming, Sword from all dishonor free ! Thus...