 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...to Summer's rain — On which the iron shower for years had poured in vain. LIX. Adieu to thee,fair Rhine How long delighted The stranger fain would linger...And could the ceaseless vultures cease to prey On self condemning bosoms, it were here, Where Nature, nor too sombre nor too gay, Wild but not rude,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...Contemplation thus might stray; And conld the ceaseless vultures cease to prey On self- condemning bosoms, it were here, Where Nature, nor too sombre nor too gay, Wild but not rnde, awful yet not anstere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the yeae. Adien to thee again! a vain... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 440 pages
...riot; Of each wild pleasure, rashly tasted Till health declin'd and substance wasted. Hannah liert. Adieu to thee, fair Rhine ! how long, delighted. The...way : Thine is a scene, alike, where souls united, In lonely Contemplation, thus might stray ; And could the ceaseless vulture, cease to prey On self-condemning... | |
 | Carl David Arfwedson - Canada - 1834 - 888 pages
...they must immediately go to the burying ground, wit/tout ceremony and without friends. CHAPTER III. Could the ceaseless vultures cease to prey, On self-condemning...austere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the year. BYRON. I SOON left the ill-fated city, and took my departure in one of the numerous steamboats which... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...for thee. {Exeunt. * Met him on. tOwns. LESSON CLXXXIII. The Contrasts of Alpine Scenery. — BYRON. ADIEU to thee, fair Rhine ! how long, delighted, The...austere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the year. Adieu to thee again ! a vain adieu ! There can be no farewell to scenes like thine ; The mind is colored... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers and speakers - 1835 - 484 pages
...on. t Owns. LESSON CLXXXIII. The Contrasts of Alpine Scenery. — BYRON. ADIEU to thee, fair Ehine ! how long, delighted, The stranger fain would linger...austere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the year. Adieu to thee again ! a vain adieu ! There can be no farewell to scenes like thine ; The mind is colored... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...monopolised her triumphs. He was the destined commander of the invading army of Ireland. LVII. LIX. Adieu to thee, fair Rhine ! How long delighted The...austere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the year. Adieu to thee again ! a vain adieu ! There can be no farewell to scene like thine ; The mind is colour'd... | |
 | John Hoppus - 1836 - 770 pages
...chivalrous and the antique, which renders the region through which it flows a land of enchantment. Adieu to thee, fair Rhine ! How long delighted The stranger fain would linger on his way 1 Adieu to thee again ! a vain adieu ! There can be no farewell to scenes like thine; The mind is coloured... | |
 | American periodicals - 1837 - 594 pages
...To-morrow I shall write from Aix-la-Chapelle, for here I must say, albeit not in the Byronic vein, 'Adieu to thee, fair Rhine! How long delighted The...self-condemning bosoms, it were here, Where nature, not too sombre nor too gay, Wild, but not rude, awful, but not austere, Is to the mellow earth as autumn... | |
 | American periodicals - 1837 - 580 pages
...To-morrow I shall write from Aix-la-Chapelle, for here I must say, albeit not in the Byronic vein, 'Adieu to thee, fair Rhine! How long delighted The...self-condemning bosoms, it were here, Where nature, not too sombre nor too gay, Wild, but not rude, awful, but not austere, Iļ to the mellow earth as... | |
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Adieu to thee, fair Rhine! How long delighted The stranger fain would linger on his way! Thine is a scene alike where souls united Or lonely Contemplation thus might stray; And could the ceaseless vultures cease to prey On self-condemning bosoms, it were... 
