 As you pass 7 along, you hear the roar of invisible waterfalls, and at the foot of the slope the river Styx lies before you, deep and black, over-arched with rock. The first glimpse of it brings to mind the descent of Ulysses into hell. " Where the dark...  Letters from New York: 2d. Ser - Page 86by Lydia Maria Child - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Greek literature - 1813 - 406 pages
...gulf of Acheron ; And where, slow-roiling from the Stygian bed, Cocytus' lamentable waters spread: Where the dark rock o'erhangs the' infernal lake, And mingling streams eternal murmurs make. First draw thy falchion, and on every side Trench the black earth a cuhit long and wide ; To all the... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 348 pages
...flaming gulf of Acheron; And where, slow rolling from the Stygian bed, Cocytus' lamentable waters spread: Where the dark rock o'erhangs the' infernal lake, And mingling streams eternal murmurs make. First draw thy falchion, and on every side Trench the black earth a cubit long and wide ; To all the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...of Acherou ; And where, slow rolling from the Stygian hed, 610 Cocytus' lamentahle waters spread : ope First draw thy falehiou, and ou every side Trench the hlack earth a cuhit loug and wide : 615 To all... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...gulf of Acheron; And where, slow rolling from the Stygian bed, 610 Cocytus' lamentable waters spread : Wher` / First draw thy falchion, and on every side Trench the black earth a cubit long and wide : To all the... | |
 | Homer - 1842 - 358 pages
...of Acheron ; And where, slow rolling from the Stygian bed, 610 Cocytus' lamentable waters spread : Where the dark rock o'erhangs the infernal lake, And mingling streams eternal murmurs make. First draw thy falchion, and on every side Trench the black earth a cubit long and wide : 615 To all... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - New York (N.Y.) - 1845 - 520 pages
...in the passing light, continually exhibits some new and unexpected feature of sublimity or beauty. At one side of River Hall is a steep precipice, over...so as not to disturb the balance. Three lamps are fastIf you are impatient of delay, or eager for new adventures, you can leave your companions lingering... | |
 | Alexander Clark Bullitt - Mammoth Cave (Ky.) - 1845 - 138 pages
...paint the infinite variety of creation, can alone give an adequate idea of this marvellous region. As you pass along, you hear the roar of invisible...And mingling streams eternal murmurs make." Across (or rather down) these unearthly waters, the guide can convey but four passengers at once. The lamps... | |
 | Merchant - Europe - 1859 - 368 pages
...gulf of Acheron ; And where slow rolling from the Stygian bed, Cocytus' lamentable waters spread : Where the dark rock o'erhangs the infernal lake, And mingling streams eternal murmurs wake." It has been sounded and found to be 500 feet deep in the center ; and is also about 1J miles... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1868 - 296 pages
...of Monte Nuovo, and deep hidden among vine-clad hills, sleeps the celebrated Lake of Avernus — " Where the dark rock o'erhangs the infernal lake, And mingling streams eternal murmurs wake." — HOMER. Here, through the cavern of the Sibyl, tineas descended into the realm of shadows.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1869 - 296 pages
...of Monte Nuovo, and deep hidden among vine-clad hills, sleeps the celebrated Lake of Avernus — " Where the dark rock o'erhangs the infernal lake, And mingling streams eternal murmurs wake." — HOMER. Here, through the cavern of the Sibyl, Jineas descended into the realm of shadows.... | |
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