| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...thv wish avow'd! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT 60 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. Around his waist are forests braced, 65 The Avalanche in his hand; But ere it fall, that thundering... | |
| Varadaraja V. Raman - 1998 - 398 pages
...their great mountain, as Byron did in his lines, 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. 3. Rivers are the life-blood of civilizations. Watering the soil for abundant growth and serving... | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge - 2008 - 194 pages
...Constance. 'Only think of the snowy mountains— 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.' And the girl's eyes brightened with an enthusiasm that the elder woman felt for a moment, nor... | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge - 2008 - 194 pages
...Constance. 'Only think of the snowy mountains— 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.' And the girl's eyes brightened with an enthusiasm that the elder woman felt for a moment, nor... | |
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