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To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
[Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]
To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
[Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]
Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular
Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular
What is the voice of strange command
Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
With love that read more
What is the voice of strange command
Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
With love that cannot brook delay,
To rise and follow the ways that wend
Over the hills and far away.
Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky.
Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky.
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains;
They crown'd him long ago
On a throne of rocks, read more
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.
The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought
forth a mouse.
The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought
forth a mouse.
