 | James Montgomery - 1879 - 572 pages
...beauteous hamlet in the vale Green are the fields around it ; sweetly sail The twilight shadows o'er the darkening scene, Earth, air, and ocean, all alike...their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden Paradise, above the rest ; Thither the day, with lingering steps, retires,... | |
 | Hawaii - 1879 - 528 pages
...before we returned to the yacht. WAYSIDE TRAVELLERS. CHAPTER XXI. THE INLAND SEA. Dipped in the lines of sunset, wreathed in zones, The clouds are resting...their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden paradise abmie the rest. Thither the day with lingering steps retires, And... | |
 | Annie Brassey, baroness Annie Allnutt Brassey - Hawaii - 1879 - 528 pages
...returned to the yacht. f x. .-- WAYSIDE TRAVELLERS. CHAPTER XXI. THE INLAND SEA. Dipped in the lines of sunset, wreathed in zones. The clouds are resting on their mountain thrones ,• One peah alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden paradise above the rest. Thither the day with lingering... | |
 | Annie Brassey - Voyages around the world - 1879 - 570 pages
...returned to the yacht. CHAPTER XXI. THE INLAND SEA. Dipped in the lines of sunset, wreathed in tones, The clouds are resting on their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden paradise above the rest. Thither the day with lingering steps retires, And... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1881 - 618 pages
...beauteous hamlet in the vale Green are the fields around it ; sweetly sail The twilight shadows o'er the darkening scene, Earth, air, and ocean, all alike...their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden Paradise, above the rest ; Thither the day, with lingering steps, retires,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1881 - 535 pages
...beauteous hamlet in the vale ; Green are the fields around it ; sweetly sail The twilight shadows o'er the darkening scene, Earth, air, and ocean, all alike...The clouds are resting on their mountain- thrones ; .-.X. * * . . One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden paradise, above the rest ; Thither... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...a flush of erimson light. Jas. Montgomery, Greenland. B. v. Dipp'd in the hues of sunset, wreath'd in zones, The clouds are resting on their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier erest, A golden paradise, above the rest ; Thither the day with lingering steps retires, And... | |
 | Rosa Carnegie- Williams - 1882 - 284 pages
...pale blue and sea-green, reminding me of those words, quoted by Mrs Brassey :— " Dipped in the lines of sunset, wreathed in zones, The clouds are resting...their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden paradise above the rest. Thither the day with golden steps retires, And in... | |
 | baroness Annie Allnutt Brassey - Voyages around the world - 1884 - 514 pages
...resting on their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden paradise abuve the rest. Thither the day with lingering steps retires. And in its own Hue element expires. Monday, February \2th. — Fires were lighted at 4 am, and by six we were steaming... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1895 - 768 pages
...in a flush of crimson light. Jos. Muntgomery, Greenland. BT Dipp'd in the lines of sunset, wreatli'd in zones, The clouds are resting on their mountain thrones ; One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden paradise, above the rest ; Thither the day with lingering steps retires, And... | |
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One peak alone exalts its glacier crest, A golden Paradise, above the rest ; Thither the day, with lingering steps, retires, And in its own blue element expires ; Thus Aaron laid his gorgeous robes aside On Horeb's consecrated top, and died. 
