...thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, 635 LXX Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, 640 From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An...Like hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dies, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene 645 Its brilliant hues with all...

...sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract,1 LXXII. Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris 3 sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn 1. I saw the Cascata del...

...sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract,1 LXXII. Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris 2 sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn 1. I saw the Cascata del...

...love. Byron's famous description of Velino may properly be applied to Niagara : "A matchless Cataract Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to...waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues, with all their beams unshorn, Resembling, midst the torture of the scene, Love watching madness with unalterable mien."...

...and occasionally even places the Participle before its Noun : — "An Iris sits .... and, unworn Iti steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears severe Its brilliant hues." — Childe Harold. 529 The Epithet is substituted for the thing denoted....

...things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, LXXII Horribly beautiful I but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, . 30 An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn . Jts steady...

...LXXII. Horribly beautiful I but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering mom, An Iris 2 sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn 1. I saw the Cascata del Marmore of Terni twice, at different periods — once from the summit of the...

...cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, 641 iven, Hopes sapp'd, name blighted, Life's life lied...the souls of those whom I survey. cxxxvi From might beams unshorn; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable LXX11I...

...cliffs, which downward, worn and rent With his fierce footsteps, yields in chasms a fearful rent. . . . Horribly beautiful ! but, on the verge From side to...amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a deathbed. The ' enormous skeleton ' of Rome impresses him most by moonlight : When the rising moon begins to...

...to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread — a matchless cataract, LXX1I me, Alhama 641 An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes...