 ... breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below ; Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim seen, through rising mists and ceaseless...  Scotland - Page 56by William Beattie - 1838Full view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1803 - 886 pages
...rends. Far sten through rising mists, and ceaseless show'», The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding* low'rs; Still through the gap, the struggling river toils, And still below, the horrid cauldron boils." BURNS. The clouds of spray arising from the descending walers, assume, wlien enlightened... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1808 - 598 pages
...rends : Dim seen, through rising mists and careless showers. The hoary cavern wide surrounding low-rs ; Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still below the horrid caldron boils. This is undoubtedly one of highest falls in the world, and the quantity of water is sufficient to give... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid cauldron boils — THE WHISTLE. A BALLAD. AS the authentic prose history of the Whistle is curious,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...Dim-seen, thro' rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid caldron boils •. ... ******* 39 ON THE BIRTH OF A POSTHUMOUS CHILD, BOUN IN PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF FAMILY-DISTRESS.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceabeless ahow'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-resounding, low'rs. Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid cauldron boils. — THE WHISTLE. A BALLAD. AS the authentic prose history of the Whistle is curious,... | |
 | James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 pages
...rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists and careless shower«, The hoary cavern, wide surrounding lowers. Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid caldron boils." This is undoubtedly one of the highest falls in the world, and the quantity of water is sufficient... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1825 - 408 pages
...rendi. Dim-seen, through rising mists and careless showers, The hoary tavern, wide surrounding lowers. Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid caldron hoils. This is undoubtedly one of the highest falls in the world, and the quantity of water is suf^... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...Dim-seen, thro' rising mitts and careless showers, The hoary cavern, wide surrounding, lowers. Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils. And still, below, the horrid caldron boils. 1'YNE, LOCII, a large inlet of the sea in Argyleshire, about thirty-two miles in length, and from twelve... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...Dim-seen, thro' rising mists and ceaseless show1!*, The hoary cavern, wide -surr ou n ding, low'rs. Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still below the horrid caldron boils— ON THE BIRTH ,OFA POSTHUMOUS CHILD, Born in peculiar circumstance* qf family dutrt SWEET Flow*ret,... | |
 | 1831 - 480 pages
...Dim seen, through rising mists and ceaseless showers, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers ; Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still below the horrid caldron boils." In the rocks adjoining the Falls are several caverns, the most remarkable of which is Uaimh Abhar,... | |
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