...vale of vintage-bowers. But one thing want these banks of Rhine — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine ! "The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground ; And all its varying turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round. The haughtiest breast its wish might bound,...

...covered with vines and brushwood, looked like the upheavings of a bright green sea. At our feet— " The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this...turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round." On the opposite shore the hill of Rolandseck, with its ruined castle, comes down to the water's edge,...

...behold'st them drooping nigh, And knowst them gathered by the Rhine, And offered from my heart to thine ! ' The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this...following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine ! Bidding adieu to the Rhine, we approach Geneva and the Alps : first, however, celebrating the tall...

...behold'st them drooping nigh, And knowst tuem gathered by the Rhine, And offered from my heart to thine! 4. The river nobly foams and flows,.. The charm of this...following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine! LVI. By Coblenz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit...

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...little architectural beauty.—One of its convents is converted into a cotton manufactory. LETTER XXX. The haughtiest breast its wish might bound, Through...could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me more dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine. BYRON. OUR...

...— One of its convents is converted into a cotton manufactory. VOYAGE FROM EOPPART. 479 LETTER XXX. The haughtiest breast its wish might bound, Through...could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me more dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine. BYRON. OUR...

...extremely serpentine, and reminded me of some lines of Lord Byron's, in which he describes the Rhine : " The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its various turns disclose Some new-born beauty varying round. The haughtiest breast its wish might bound...

...behold'st them drooping nigh, And know'st them gather'd by the Rhine, And offer'd from my heart to thine ! The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this...following mine, Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine ! THE DREAM OF SARDANAPALUS. Sar, (awaking) Not so — although ye multiplied And gave them to me as...

...hreast its wish might hound Through life to dwell delighted here ; . ' Nor eould on earth a spot he found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these hanks of Rhine ' tz, on LVI. By Cohlentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid,...