 | James Holman - 1834 - 386 pages
...contemplate the stupendous and sublime scenery, amidst which we had been for some time making our progress. " pleas'd at first, the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last, But those... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise. So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, 225 Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; The eternal snows appear already pass'd, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pages
...more advanced, bchoM with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So, pleased at first, the towering Alps we try, * Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky 1 The eterna1! snows appear already pass'd, And the first clonds and mountains seem the last : But,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...more advanced, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So, pleased os o'er the rolling deep. And seeks the cave of Death's веет to tread the sky ! 'Hie eternal snows appear already pasa'd, And the first clouds and mountains... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - 356 pages
...endless science rise." "Science!" interrupted Harry. "Now, my dear, I can go on by myself. " So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But those... | |
 | Henry Martin Atkins - 1838 - 70 pages
...TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, ON THE 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837. So pleased at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But these... | |
 | Henry Martin Atkins - 1838 - 76 pages
...TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, ON THE 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837. So pleased at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But these... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...more advanced, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the...to tread the sky, The eternal snows appear already pass'd, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey... | |
 | 1839 - 1052 pages
...illustrative of this, that I shall be excused for quoting it : " So pleased, at first, the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; The eternal BUOWS appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last. But these attain'd, we... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 276 pages
...So, pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky . Th- eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : Rut, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' increasing... | |
| |
While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise! 
