...domes, where Ceesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time, ...... Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread...vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter ling'ring chills the lap of May; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and...

...pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. 28 My soul, turn from them — turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display ; Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansioi tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford,...

...classes of Britain, would, if described to some being of a happier world, appear perfectly unendurable. "Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread," we are not to expect a manifestation of all the virtues. Their hard life necessarily produces a certain...

...classes of Britain, would, if described to some being of a happier world, appear perfectly unendurable. "Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread," we are not to expect a manifestation of all the virtues. Their hard life necessarily produces a certain...

...describes what he did not see, because it harmonises with the ideas obtained from books. Thus, — — "The bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No produce here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword." Switzerland has...

...pile, Exults, and owns hie cottage with a smile. * My soul, turn from them, turn we to survey "Where rougher climes a nobler race display; Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And foree a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the harren hills afford, But man and steel,...

...larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; \o product here the barren hills afford...

...larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul, turn from them; turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display; Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford,...

...larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul, turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak...chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. Yet still, even here, content can spread...

...well apply to them the bard's beautiful picture of another country : — " Turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display ; Where the bleak...tread, And force a churlish soil, for scanty bread 1 Yet still, e'en here, content can spread a charm, Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm; Tim'...