...both in prose and verse, is unquestionably that of our own Byron : ' It is not noon— the sunbc/w's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of...And roll the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crags headlong perpendicular, And fling Us lines of foaming light along, And to and fro, like the pale...

...commanding image, as when Manfred likens the lines of foaming light flung along from the Alpine cataract to "the pale courser's tail, the giant steed, to be bestrode by Death." But imaginative power of this kind is not the same thing as that susceptibility to the minutest properties...

...The torrent with the manr hoe« of heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waring rolnmn O'er the rrags headlong perpendicular. And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro, like the p&le roum-t '» tail, The giant stred to be bestrode bjr Heath, As told in the Apocalypse." — íltin/rtíí....

...commanding image, as when Manfred likens the lines of foaming light flung along from the Alpine cataract to "the pale courser's tail, the giant steed, to be bestrode by Death." But imaginative power of this kind is not the same thing as that susceptibility to the minutest properties...

...SCENE II.— A lower Valley in tke All.s. — A Cataract. Enter MANFEED. It is not noon— the sunhow's ar me, Satraps ! And chiefly thou, my priest, he hestrode hy Death, As told in the Apocalypse. No eyes But mine now drink this sight of loveliness...

...although occasionally found. 297 A cloud of mist, that smitten by the sun Varies its rainbow hues. Cf. " It is not noon — the sunbow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven. " — BYRON, Manfred, Act ii. sc. ii. 1. I. 302 IH dreams, &c. Distinguish carefully the three elements...

...Valley in the Alps. — A Cataraet.9 Enter MANFRED. It is not noon — the sunbow's raysf still areh The torrent with the many hues of heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's waving eolumn O'er the erag's headlong perpendieular, And fling its lines of foaming light along, And to and...

...follow not ! [Exit MANFRED. SCENE II.— A lower Valley in the Alps— A Cataract.*' Enter MANFRED. It is not noon — the sunbow's rays still arch The...column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, And flings its lines of foaming light along, And to and fro, like the pale courser's tail, The Giant steed,...

...because formed by the slanting rays of the sun falling on the clouds of vapour. Cp. Manfred, 2. 2. I : ' It is not noon — the sun-bow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven.' 643. Lite Hope; — cp. 1. 1519. unworn Its steady dyes ; — a pendent clause ; ' its unchanging tints...

...like the tail of a white horse streaming in the wind over the rock. " It Is not noon— the mmbow's rays still arch The torrent with the many hues of heaven, And roll the sheeted silver's wavlnR column O'er the crags headlong perpendicular. And fling its lines of foaming light along. And...