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" The roar of waters!— from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture; while... "
The Monthly magazine - Page 495
by Monthly literary register - 1821
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 30

1818 - 638 pages
...reality. The passion with which the whole description is imbued, is peculiarly characteristic of Byron. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height...hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird...
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany, Volume 6

1843 - 636 pages
...which will never be surpassed by any writer, will serve as a fitting illustration of our engraving. The roar of waters! — from the headlong height Velino...hiss, And boil in endless torture, while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 66

England - 1849 - 802 pages
...down, my dear Talboys. Recite away. TALBOYS. No. NORTH. Gentlemen, I call on Mister Buller. BULLER. " The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height...hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung ont from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird...
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OF CRITICAL JOURNAL

DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...imbued, is peculiarly characteristic of Byron. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Veiino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters...hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird...
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 2

William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1818 - 862 pages
...cataract : — LXIX. The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave- worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light...hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their I'hlegcthon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird...
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The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 4

1818 - 498 pages
...cataract of Velino. The passage is so splendid, we cannot resist the temptation to insert it here. " The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height...wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the right, The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters! where they howl and hot, And...
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The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine, Volume 2

Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...Cáscate del Marmore of Terni is alluded to in the following sublime stanzas: " The rear of waters!—from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flaebing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The bell of waters! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 3

1818 - 502 pages
...!— from the headlong height VeHno cleaves the ware-worn precipice , The fall of waters .' rapid u the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howlond hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 7-8

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...suspension of disgust. LXIX. The roar of waters! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave -worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light...hell of waters! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endieas torture; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls...
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The works, of ... lord Byron, Volume 7

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...clean With Nature's baptism, — 'tis to him ye must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. LXIX. The roar of waters !— from the headlong height Velino...cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters 1 rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl...
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