...you with cheer sublime. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND BEX DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN. A WEIGHT of awe, not easy to be borne, Fell suddenly...dread bosom of the unknown past, When first I saw that family forlorn. Speak Thou, whose massy strength and stature scorn The power of years — pre-eminent,...

...importance as an object; but I must say, that though it is not to be compared with Stonehenge, I have not seen any other remains of those dark ages which...sisterhood forlorn : And her, whose strength and stature seem to scorn The power of years — pre-eminent, and placed Apart, to overlook the circle vast. Speak,...

...and dignity of appearance, any other relic of the dark ages he had seen except Stone Henge : — " A weight of awe, not easy to be borne, Fell suddenly...dread bosom of the unknown past, When first I saw that family forlorn. Speak Thou, whose massy strength and stature scorn The power of years — pre-eminent,...

...salt-sea tides ! xxm. TK MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS. NEAR THE RIVER EDEN* A WUOHT of awe not easy to be borne Fell suddenly upon my...first I saw that Sisterhood forlorn ; And Her, whose massy strength and stature scorn The power of years — pre-eminent, and placed Aput — to overlook...

...salt-sea tides i XXIII. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN.* lf-same place Present before my eyes, have played — cost From the dread bosom of the unknown past, When first I saw that Sisterhood forlorn; And Her,...

...single stone eighteen feet high. When the Author first saw this monument, he came upon it by surprise, therefore might over-rate its importance as an object;...forlorn ; — And Her, whose strength and stature seem to scorn The power of years — pre-eminent, and placed Apart, to overlook the circle vast. Speak,...

...single stone eighteen feet high. When the Author hrst saw this monument, he came upon it by surprise, therefore might over-rate its importance as an object;...first I saw that sisterhood forlorn; — And Her, whuse strength and stature seem to scorn The power of years — pre-emment, and placed Apart, to overlook...

...standing high above them all ! In contemplating these worndown, and subdued, relics of ancient power, " A weight of awe, not easy to be borne, Fell suddenly upon our spirit — cast From the dread bosom of the unknown past," We are first introduced to the ruins,...

...tides ! xxni. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DACGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN* A WDOBT of awe not easy to be borne Fell suddenly upon my...When first I saw that Sisterhood forlorn ; And Her, whoee massy strength and stature scorn The power of years — pre-eminent, and placed Apart — to...

...singular monument of unknown antiquity. Wordsworth says on the sight of a somewhat similar monument : ' A weight of awe not easy to be borne Fell suddenly upon my spirit — oast From the dread bosom of the unknown past.' And no person not totally insensible to the influence...