Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales: With the Scenery of the River Wye. With 50 Engravings from DrawingsBohn, 1854 - 336페이지 |
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... beautiful scenes of this ancient land of the Silures and Dimetæ . Aberystwith is delightfully situated on the north bank of the Rheidol , in the centre of Cardigan Bay , commanding a sea - view of great extent , and of that sublime ...
... beautiful scenes of this ancient land of the Silures and Dimetæ . Aberystwith is delightfully situated on the north bank of the Rheidol , in the centre of Cardigan Bay , commanding a sea - view of great extent , and of that sublime ...
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... beautiful vale which descends with the latter river , on the other ; but each year so much reduces its seaward cliffs , that they , and their hoary ruin - crest , must eventually be swept away . The base of this small promontory is com ...
... beautiful vale which descends with the latter river , on the other ; but each year so much reduces its seaward cliffs , that they , and their hoary ruin - crest , must eventually be swept away . The base of this small promontory is com ...
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... beautiful little vessel well proves the truth of such report . Since writing the preceding , I have heard with great pleasure that some of the leading country gentlemen and residents in Aberystwith have most liberally com- menced a ...
... beautiful little vessel well proves the truth of such report . Since writing the preceding , I have heard with great pleasure that some of the leading country gentlemen and residents in Aberystwith have most liberally com- menced a ...
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... beautiful scene , which has so long alike baffled the descriptive pen and the mimic pencil , bursts in all its grandeur on the delighted eye . The glen of the Rheidol , narrowed to a ravine , down which a roaring cataract pours its ...
... beautiful scene , which has so long alike baffled the descriptive pen and the mimic pencil , bursts in all its grandeur on the delighted eye . The glen of the Rheidol , narrowed to a ravine , down which a roaring cataract pours its ...
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... beautiful views of them individually ; the first is twenty - four feet , the second fifty - six , the third eighteen , and the fourth , or grand cataract , one hun- dred and ten . In this admeasurement no allowance is made for the ...
... beautiful views of them individually ; the first is twenty - four feet , the second fifty - six , the third eighteen , and the fourth , or grand cataract , one hun- dred and ten . In this admeasurement no allowance is made for the ...
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abbey Aberystwith amongst ancient antiquities appears arches armour banks bard beautiful Bishop BRARY Brecknockshire bridge Bristol Channel built called Cardigan Cardiganshire Carew Castle Carmarthen Carreg Cennen Castle castle church cliffs commanding dark distance earl eminence erected feet Fishguard fortress Giraldus GOODRICH COURT grand ground Gruffydd Gruffydd ap Rhys Hafod Henry Henry II Hereford hills king land Llandilo Llangurig Llewelyn lofty Lord lovely magnificent miles Monmouth mountain Neath neighbourhood Norman o'er passed Pembroke Picton Castle picturesque pleasant Pont Neath Vaughan possession Presteign prince ravine reign remains Rhaiadyr Rheidol Rhys ap Thomas rich rising river river Wye road rocks rocky Roman ruins scene scenery side Sir Rhys ap spot stands stone STRATA FLORIDA ABBEY stream summit surrounding Teivy tion tower Towey town traveller trees vale valley village Wales walls wanderer waters Welsh wild winding wood Ystwith
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325 페이지 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...
144 페이지 - But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
19 페이지 - The roar of waters!— from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
222 페이지 - While strayed my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till contemplation had her fill.
254 페이지 - Where'er we gaze, around, above, below, What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found ! Rock, river, forest, mountain all abound, And bluest skies that harmonize the whole : Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks, that shock yet please the soul.
230 페이지 - When thou thy jewels up dost bind, — that day Remember us, we pray, — That where the beryl lies And the crystal, 'bove the skies, There thou may'st appoint us place Within the brightness of thy face ; And our soul In the scroll . . Of life and blissfulness enrol, That we may praise thee to eternity.
296 페이지 - And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast, And view th...
204 페이지 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
322 페이지 - Hodney's mountain stream. Perchance thy youth Has read with eager wonder how the Knight Of Wales in Ormandine's enchanted bower Slept the long sleep ; and, if that in thy veins Flow the pure blood of Britain, sure that blood Hath flowed with quicker impulse at the tale Of David's deeds, when through...
207 페이지 - STATELY the feast, and high the cheer: Girt with many an armed peer, And canopied with golden pall, Amid CILGARRAN'S castle hall, Sublime in formidable state, * And warlike splendour, Henry sate; Prepar'd to stain the briny flood Of Shannon's lakes with rebel blood.