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Mountains: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.— BYRON — Manfred. ActI. Sc. 1. L. 62.

'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.— CAMPBELL — Pleasures of Hope. Pt. I. L. 7.

Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky.— CAMPBELL — Pleasures of Hope. L. 4.

Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.— COWPER — The Task. Bk. II. L. 17.

Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.— GOLDSMITH — The Deserted Village. L. 192.

Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood; On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. XI. L. 387.

Pope's trans. Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.— POPE — Essay on Criticism. Pt. II. L. 32.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.— RUSKIN — True and Beautiful. Nature.

Mountains. P. 91. See the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another.— SHELLEY — Love's Philosophy.