This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...stores, Irriguous, spreads. But mark with how peculiar grace yon Wood That clothes the weary steep, waves in the breeze Her sea of leaves. Mountain, height, hill, peak jinb nebfl ben meiften 5ftamen ber 23erge unb 5ben bem mdnnltcben (c)efcblecbte juju3dr;len. Mountain.. The bending Mountains of the moon O'ertopping all these giant-sons of earth. Thomson. No more the Mountain, horrid, vast, sublime Who pours a sweep of rivers from his sides, ... fills the view With great variety. Thomson. Meadow. Vale. Thomson. Hurdis. Thomson. Hurdis. At his command th' uprooted Hills retir'd Each to his place. Milton. 9J?an ergleid)e babei bie 23emerfung $u sisterhills (c). 24... SnOWdOQ. and Snowdon's peak, Dissolving, instant yields his wintry load. Thomson. OrongarhilL About his chequer'd sides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind. Deep are his feet in Towy's flood, His sides are cloth'd with waving wood, And ancient towers crown his brow. Dyer. AtlaS. Hung o'er the deep, That ever works beneath his sounding base, Bid Atlas, propping heaven, as poets feign, His subterranean wonders spread. Thomson. fflont-BlailC. Mont-Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long-ago. Byron. Vesuvius. Vesuvius... whose fount of fire, Outgushing, drowned the cities on Am steeps. Byron. SDagegen ftnb, rote id) glaube, nur roegen ber (Snbung, Aetna, Jura, Ardennes son 33oron roetbltd) aufgefoft roorben. Jura. And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud. Byron. Ardennes. And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves. Byron. Dem (c)efcbled)te bed grembroorted ifl Spron offenbar bet ber Sungfrau gefolgt. JungfFaQ. But I have seen the soaring Jungfrau rear Her never-trodden snow. Byr