 Pier the war of tempests braves, A far-projecting, firm basaltic way Of clustering columns wedged in dense array; With skill so like, yet so surpassing art, With such design, so just in every part, That reason pauses, doubtful if it stand The work of...  Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c - 175. lappuseautors: Samuel Carter Hall, Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1843Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | 1817 - 646 lapas
...floods s Dark o'er the foam-white waves, The giant's pier the war of tempest braves, A far-projecting, firm, basaltic way. Of clustering columns wedged in...skill so like, yet so surpassing art With such design : sojiift in every part, That Keaion pau«es, dnul'ffn! ifil <tand Tticnprk of mortal or immortal liauU.... | |
 | James Johnson - 1844 - 400 lapas
...astonishment. Dark o'er the foam-white waves, The giants' pier the war of tempests braves, A far projecting, firm, basaltic way Of clustering columns wedged in...if it stand The work of mortal, or immortal hand! The legend of the Giant's Causeway, we shall allude to presently. Meantime let us proceed eastward.... | |
 | James Johnson - 1844 - 406 lapas
...astonishment. Dark o'er the foam-white waves, The giants' pier the war of tempests braves, A far projecting, firm, basaltic way Of clustering columns wedged in...doubtful if it stand The work of mortal, or immortal hand ! The legend of the Giant's Causeway, we shall allude to presently. Meantime let us proceed eastward.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1853 - 186 lapas
...description.* " Dark o'er the foam-white waves The Giant's Pier the war of tempests braves, A far-projecting, firm basaltic way Of clustering columns wedged in...The work of mortal, or immortal, hand." Surely our account—comparatively weak as it is—of this most singular, peculiar, and marvellous production... | |
 | 1853 - 454 lapas
...Giant's Pier the war of tempests braves, A far-projecting, firm, basaltic way, Of clustering column» wedged in dense array \ With skill so like, yet so...if it stand The work of mortal or immortal hand." No visitor to Ireland should neglect seeing the Giant's Causeway. If the romantic and lovely in scenery... | |
 | Joseph Holdsworth - 1857 - 254 lapas
...— " Dark o'er the foam-white waves, The Giant's Pier the war of tempest braves, A far projecting, firm, basaltic way, Of clustering columns wedged in...if it stand The work of mortal or immortal hand." The basaltic rocks, which are essentially siliceous, are mainly composed of hypersthene, quartz, and... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1859 - 270 lapas
...Dark o'er the foam- white waves, The Giant's Pier the war of tempests braves — A far-projecting, firm, basaltic way Of clustering columns wedged in...if it stand The work of mortal or immortal hand." That night they found lodgings at the village of Ballinatoy, at an inn, where several parties, who,... | |
 | Geological Society of Glasgow - 1902 - 488 lapas
...evidently a considerable amount of regularity and similarity between them all. " This far-projecting, firm basaltic way Of clustering columns wedged in...if it stand The work of mortal, or immortal hand." The columns of the " Giant's Loom," in the cliff just east of the " Causeway," are 32 feet long, and... | |
 | mrs. Ward - 1869 - 356 lapas
...Causeway,' (just published before I left Dublin,) expresses the same ideas — ' A far-projecting, firm basaltic way Of clustering columns, wedged in...if it stand The work of mortal or immortal hand.' I have the book in my pocket, and if you all promise (Lucy and Edward included) to be an attentive... | |
 | Edwin Waugh - 1872 - 246 lapas
...CAUSEWAY. Dark, o'er the foam-white waves, The giant's pier, the war of tempests braves, A far-projecting, firm basaltic way Of clustering columns, wedged in...doubtful if it stand The work of mortal or immortal hand. DR. DRUMMOND. iFORE entering upon this famous spot, let me warn the traveller who comes here with a... | |
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