Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair, and placid ; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots and shakes the country round. At first an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees,... Le stagioni - Page 146by James Thomson - 1826 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Thomson - 1951 - 550 pages
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| James Thomson - 1908 - 556 pages
...broad ; Then, whitening by degrees as prone it falls, And from the loud-resounding rocks below Dashed in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the tortured wave here find repose ; But, raging still amid the shaggy rocks, 600 Now flashes o'er the... | |
| 1908 - 718 pages
...Flood 0590 Rolls fair, and placid; where collected all. In one impetuous Torrent, down the Steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the Country round. At first, an azure Sheet, it rushes broad; 595 Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-resounding Bocks below Dash'd in... | |
| James Thomson - 1908 - 408 pages
...Flood D590 Rolls fair, and placid; where collected all. In one impetuous Torrent, down the Steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the Country round. At first, an azure Sheet, it rushes broad; 595 Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-resounding Rocks below Dash'd in... | |
| William Coles-Finch - 1909 - 760 pages
...fair and placid, where, collected all In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoota, and shakes the country round. At first an azure sheet,...whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud resounding rocks below, Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless... | |
| William Coles-Finch - 1909 - 822 pages
...placid, where, collected all In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and snakes the country round. At first an azure sheet, it rushes...whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud resounding rocks below, Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless... | |
| William Murison - 1910 - 416 pages
...copious flood Rolls fair and placid ; where, collected all In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots and shakes the country round. At...it falls, And from the loud-resounding rocks below Dashed in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist and forms a ceaseless shower Nor can the tortured... | |
| 1912 - 322 pages
...is graphically described in the lines — " In one impetuous torrent, down the strep It thunderingly shoots and shakes the country round. At first, an...whitening by degrees as prone it falls. And from the loud resounding rocks below. Dashed in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoan- mist, and forms a ceaseless... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 796 pages
...hurries forward with mad and irresistible vehemence, and — " In one impetuous torrent down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round :...whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud resounding rocks below Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless... | |
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