 | William Wordsworth, Adam Sedgwick - 1859 - 330 páginas
...high. When the Author first saw this monument, he came upon it by surprise, therefore might over -rate its importance as an object; but he must say, that...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,... | |
 | Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1859 - 280 páginas
...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... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1860 - 266 páginas
...18 ft. high and 15 ft. in circumference, placed apart on the south side at a distance of 15 paces. " A weight of awe, not easy to be borne, Fell suddenly...dread bosom of the unknown past When first I saw that family forlorn." This stone pillar probably once marked the centre of the great Caledonian Forest.... | |
 | 1862 - 658 páginas
...seeing the celebrated stone circle near Penrith, in England, known as " Long Meg and her Daughters :" " A weight of awe, not easy to be borne, Fell suddenly...cast From the dread bosom of the unknown past, When firat I saw that family forlorn. Speak thou whose massy strength and stature scorn The power of years... | |
 | 1865 - 392 páginas
...cheer sublime. XLIII. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER 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, — preeminent,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 páginas
...in Britain ; " long Meg'' and her daughters, the "giant mother " and her brood : " A weight of woe, not easy to be borne, Fell suddenly upon my spirit ; cast From the dread bosom of the unknown past Wheii liret I saw that sisterhood forlorn." And still you may visit the cairn heaped over the bones... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 páginas
...with cheer sublime. XLIIL, TOT KOHOMMT COMMONLT CALLED WHO MO AND HER DAnoHTEKS, HEAB THE BIVEB EDEN. A WEIGHT of awe, not easy to be borne, Fell suddenly upon my Spirit—cast From the dread bosom of the unknown past, When first I saw that family forlorn. Speak... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 424 páginas
...cheer sublime. xLIII. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEO AND HER 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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 páginas
...with cheer sublime. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE KIVEK HL>EN. 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 nias^y strength and stature scorn The power of years — pre-eminent,... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 páginas
...the salt-sea tides ! THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN. A WEIGHT of awe not easy to be borne* Fell suddenly...first I saw that sisterhood forlorn ; And her, whose massy strength and stature scorn [placed The power of years — pre-eminent, and Apart — to overlook... | |
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Her, whose strength and stature seem to scorn The power of years — pre-eminent, and placed Apart, to overlook the circle vast. Speak, Giant-mother ! tell it to the Morn, While she dispels the cumbrous shades of night ; Let the Moon hear, emerging from... 
