A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal... The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2471902Full view - About this book
| 1823 - 782 lehte
...one stanza on the first glimpse of LONDON ! How many hundred times has the thing been tried before? "A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping,...forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 164 lehte
...who, though he were not of the race, Revered the soil, of those true sons the mother, LXXX. LXXXII. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe, through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head... | |
| 1823 - 772 lehte
...one stanza on the first glimpse of LONDON ! How many hundred times has the thing been tried before ? "A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping,...as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sari just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping... | |
| 1823 - 858 lehte
...hundred times has the tiling been tried before ? "A mighty moss of brick, and smoke, and «hipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sait just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 346 lehte
...the soil, of those true sons the mother, Who butchered half the earth, and bullied t'other.* LXXXI1. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head*—... | |
| Joseph Jean M.C. Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 450 lehte
...discerned in the departing twilight. How admirably has Byron described the first aspect of London. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool.s head... | |
| Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 354 lehte
...Piccadilly; and, next morning, I procured comfortable lodgings at the west end of the town. N».V. LONDON. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping. Dirty...forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge dun cupola, like a foolscap-crown On a fool's head—and... | |
| Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 454 lehte
...discerned in the departing twilight. How admirably has Byron described the first aspect of London. , A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea coal canopy ; : A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown ^ On a fool's... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 lehte
...the soil, of those true sons the mother, Who butcher'd half the earth, and bullied t'other. 9 LXXXH. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...forestry Of masts , a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap cftwn On a fool's head... | |
| Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 346 lehte
...Piccadilly; and, next morning, I procured comfortable lodgings at the west end of the town. N°. V. LONDON. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge dun cupola, like a foolscap-crown On a fool's head—... | |
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