 | 1836 - 558 str.
...his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered : as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on I in- blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 str.
...his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood , Their glory wither'd : as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. ment dominateur, s'élevait comme une tour. Sa forme n'avait pas encore perdu toute sa splendeur originelle;... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 584 str.
...the melted rock ; an image recalling those beautiful lines : — " As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath." Form, composition, and origin of the dikes. — But without indulging the imagination any longer in... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 str.
...his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 str.
...his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood , Their g\ory wither'd : as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. ment dominateur , s'élevait comme une tour. Sa forme n'avait pas encore perdu toute sa splendeur originelle;... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 str.
...fallen angels : — ' faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd ; as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top...growth, though bare Stands on the blasted heath." Both pines and firs, between which there is a very close alliance, are valuable for a vast variety... | |
 | 1838 - 586 str.
...splendours flung For his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 680 str.
...angels, he says, — " Faithful how they stood, Their glory withered ; as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top, their stately growth, though bare, Stands on tbe blasted heath." Sir Walter Scott, also, mentions the Scotch pine in the following lines: — "... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 str.
...powers of destruction must always have a tincture of the sublime. " As when heaven's fire Has scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines ; With singed top their stately growth, tho bare, Stands on the blasted heath." ' If we next take a view of those animals that are called picturesque,... | |
 | 1840 - 372 str.
...his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
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Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately... 
