Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales: With the Scenery of the River Wye. With 50 Engravings from DrawingsBohn, 1854 - 336페이지 |
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... towers , and one more lofty , with a gateway . It appears to have been an important post in times of warfare , and is stated to have been originally built by Gilbert de Strongbow , son of Richard de Clare , about the year 1107. Henry I ...
... towers , and one more lofty , with a gateway . It appears to have been an important post in times of warfare , and is stated to have been originally built by Gilbert de Strongbow , son of Richard de Clare , about the year 1107. Henry I ...
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... towers . I have very dili- gently perambulated about the lady's haunts , at all hours of the day , and when the dim twilight gave a supernatural colouring even to common - place person- ages ; but my seaside musings have never been spec ...
... towers . I have very dili- gently perambulated about the lady's haunts , at all hours of the day , and when the dim twilight gave a supernatural colouring even to common - place person- ages ; but my seaside musings have never been spec ...
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... - works which adjoin the churchyard . The church is an old and simple structure , with a low square tower , and very few narrow windows ; an antique sundial and OLD RADNOR - STANNER ROCKS - KNILL COURT . 77 76 NEW RADNOR .
... - works which adjoin the churchyard . The church is an old and simple structure , with a low square tower , and very few narrow windows ; an antique sundial and OLD RADNOR - STANNER ROCKS - KNILL COURT . 77 76 NEW RADNOR .
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... tower in ruder , darker amplitude . - BOWLES . GENTLE readers , we will now return to the Wye , and pursue our journey from Rhaiadyr . Would that ye could all behold the scenes to which my pleasant wanderings conducted me ; would that ...
... tower in ruder , darker amplitude . - BOWLES . GENTLE readers , we will now return to the Wye , and pursue our journey from Rhaiadyr . Would that ye could all behold the scenes to which my pleasant wanderings conducted me ; would that ...
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... Tower . The scene of the prince's death is called Cwm Llewelyn , near the banks of the Irvon , a short distance to the westward of Builth , and the burial - place , Cefyn y bedd - the grave- ridge , over which a house has been built ...
... Tower . The scene of the prince's death is called Cwm Llewelyn , near the banks of the Irvon , a short distance to the westward of Builth , and the burial - place , Cefyn y bedd - the grave- ridge , over which a house has been built ...
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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.