 ... solemn scene : behold yon oak, How stern he frowns, and with his broad brown arms Chills the pale plain beneath him : mark yon altar, The dark stream brawling round its rugged base, These cliffs, these yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with...  A Tour Through Cornwall, in the Autumn of 1808 - Page 121by Richard Warner - 1809 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Warner - England - 1802 - 318 pages
...recolleftion of the ancient appropriation of the spotj " and awed our souls, " As if the very Genius of the place " Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread. " Stalk'd through his drear domain." Broome-Hall and Castle make pleasing obje&s through the vista from Mayburgh. Passing the old tower... | |
 | 1810 - 570 pages
...druidical remains; _....-_» And aw'd our souls, As if the very Genius of the place, Himself appearM, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear...where nothing met the eye around but nature in her primaeval rudeness ; vast rocks of granite starting out of the ground, of every form, and in every... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 404 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very Genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends, (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage) Surely there is a hidden power,... | |
 | William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 404 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very Genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends, (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage) Surely there is a hidden power,... | |
 | English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone: they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends, (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage) Surely there is a hidden power,... | |
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus. Skirted with unhewn stone ; they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain — we could fancy that both these personages had come fresh from the study of the English garden.... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 564 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain — we could fancy that both these personages had come fresh from the study of the English garden.... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage), Surely there is a hidden power... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1875 - 558 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus, Skirted with unhewn stone. They awe my soul, As if the very Genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain." We know of scarcely any thing finer than this from the sermons of Bishop Sherlock, which we now take... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 pages
...yawning caverns, this wide circus. Skirted with unhewn stone : they awe my soul, As if the very genius of the place Himself appear'd, and with terrific tread Stalk'd through his drear domain. And yet, my friends (If shapes like his be but the fancy's coinage). Surely there is a hidden power... | |
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