Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales: With the Scenery of the River Wye. With 50 Engravings from DrawingsBohn, 1854 - 336 Seiten |
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... extent , and of that sublime beauty inseparable from a marine prospect bounded only by the horizon . The hills of the North Welsh coast are distinctly seen on a clear day stretch- ing far out in the distance , the chain ending with the ...
... extent , and of that sublime beauty inseparable from a marine prospect bounded only by the horizon . The hills of the North Welsh coast are distinctly seen on a clear day stretch- ing far out in the distance , the chain ending with the ...
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... extent to the former one , which , after his death , with his estate , passed into the hands of trustees . The description of Hafod , so laboriously essayed by some Mr. Cumberland , I find quoted in almost every guide - book ; of course ...
... extent to the former one , which , after his death , with his estate , passed into the hands of trustees . The description of Hafod , so laboriously essayed by some Mr. Cumberland , I find quoted in almost every guide - book ; of course ...
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... extent . Continuing my way through woods , and pretty English- looking scenery for a while , I descended to the vale of the Ystwith , a scene of great beauty . The river wind- ing in Wye - like curves and horseshoe bends , occupies the ...
... extent . Continuing my way through woods , and pretty English- looking scenery for a while , I descended to the vale of the Ystwith , a scene of great beauty . The river wind- ing in Wye - like curves and horseshoe bends , occupies the ...
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... extent divided me from the road . I was cautioned to ride far round this pitchy bog , for no horse ever ventured among the peat - pits - the whole being a quaking morass . In truth , its look was enough , under a black evening , to keep ...
... extent divided me from the road . I was cautioned to ride far round this pitchy bog , for no horse ever ventured among the peat - pits - the whole being a quaking morass . In truth , its look was enough , under a black evening , to keep ...
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... extent beneath , and expanding in various directions ; on the north appears Cader Idris , and part of the Snowdonian chain ; to the east and north - east stretch the high lands of Hereford and Salop , and the Breidden hills ; on the ...
... extent beneath , and expanding in various directions ; on the north appears Cader Idris , and part of the Snowdonian chain ; to the east and north - east stretch the high lands of Hereford and Salop , and the Breidden hills ; on the ...
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abbey Aberystwith amongst ancient antiquities appears arches armour banks bard beautiful Bishop BRARY Brecknockshire bridge Bristol Channel built called Cardigan Cardiganshire Carew Castle Carmarthen Carreg Cennen Castle castle church cliffs commanding dark distance earl eminence erected feet Fishguard fortress Giraldus GOODRICH COURT grand ground Gruffydd Gruffydd ap Rhys Hafod Henry Henry II Hereford hills king land Llandilo Llangurig Llewelyn lofty Lord lovely magnificent miles Monmouth mountain Neath neighbourhood Norman o'er passed Pembroke Picton Castle picturesque pleasant Pont Neath Vaughan possession Presteign prince ravine reign remains Rhaiadyr Rheidol Rhys ap Thomas rich rising river river Wye road rocks rocky Roman ruins scene scenery side Sir Rhys ap spot stands stone STRATA FLORIDA ABBEY stream summit surrounding Teivy tion tower Towey town traveller trees vale valley village Wales walls wanderer waters Welsh wild winding wood Ystwith
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Seite 325 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...
Seite 144 - But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Seite 19 - 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 the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
Seite 222 - While strayed my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till contemplation had her fill.
Seite 254 - Where'er we gaze, around, above, below, What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found ! Rock, river, forest, mountain all abound, And bluest skies that harmonize the whole : Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks, that shock yet please the soul.
Seite 230 - When thou thy jewels up dost bind, — that day Remember us, we pray, — That where the beryl lies And the crystal, 'bove the skies, There thou may'st appoint us place Within the brightness of thy face ; And our soul In the scroll . . Of life and blissfulness enrol, That we may praise thee to eternity.
Seite 296 - And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast, And view th...
Seite 204 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Seite 322 - Hodney's mountain stream. Perchance thy youth Has read with eager wonder how the Knight Of Wales in Ormandine's enchanted bower Slept the long sleep ; and, if that in thy veins Flow the pure blood of Britain, sure that blood Hath flowed with quicker impulse at the tale Of David's deeds, when through...
Seite 207 - STATELY the feast, and high the cheer: Girt with many an armed peer, And canopied with golden pall, Amid CILGARRAN'S castle hall, Sublime in formidable state, * And warlike splendour, Henry sate; Prepar'd to stain the briny flood Of Shannon's lakes with rebel blood.