| John HAYDEN (Independent Minister.) - 1859 - 120 pages
...be more striking to the eye of the beholder. "Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." While at the Flegere we saw through a glass two adventurous American travellers ascending Mont... | |
| Thomas Starr King - 1859 - 438 pages
...ravine, called out, as a jubilant apotheosis, — Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; Ti'ey crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadsm of snow. But ere it fall, that thundering baU Must wait for my command. " Poetry poured down... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown 'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of elouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand : But... | |
| Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 436 pages
...ravine, called out, as a jubilant apotheosis, — Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of enow. Around his waist are forests braced; The avalanche in his hand; But ere it fall, that thundering... | |
| Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 446 pages
...ravine, called out, as a jubilant apotheosis, — Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clonds, With a diadem of snow. But ere it fall, that thundering ball Must wait fur my command. " Poetry... | |
| 1912 - 632 pages
...wild birds hush their song The hills have evening's deepest glow Yet Leonard tarries long. 2. Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains They crowned him...throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Fiftheenlh WeekPrepositions. Definition, page 22. 1 . Abaft (sea term) , about, above, according... | |
| N. Maisondeau - 1912 - 448 pages
...upright like a dear, precise little French Dame of the old school. AORANGI.— MOUNT COOK. Mount Cook — "is the monarch of mountains They crowned him long...throne of rocks in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Aorangi is the charming, musical name which the Maoris once gave to the highest peak in their... | |
| Elmer Wallace Holmes - 1912 - 844 pages
...hearts of all who gaze upon its majestic grandeur — "Our Mount is the monarch of mountains; They've crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." Such was the environment, such the scene that charmed the homeseekers and caused them here to... | |
| Harold Spender - 1912 - 316 pages
...Second Spirit MONT BLANC is the monarch of mountains: . Manfred' in They crown'd him long ago the Alps On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand; But ere it fall, that thundering... | |
| Henry Pendexter Emerson, Ida Catherine Bender - 1913 - 408 pages
...in her brown and gold. 5. The harebells nod as she passes by, The violet lifts its calm blue eye. 6. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crowned...throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Write sentences, using the following as if they were persons : — Wind, brook, stars, a hill,... | |
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