Tavy Cleave ([1823])
F. C. Lewis
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
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| Devon | West Country Studies | sfDEV/1823/LEW |
Illustration Reference
SC1886
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CD 30 DVD 5
Publication Details
Date
[1823]
Place
Scope and Content
Bray, Mrs. The borders of the Tamar and the Tavy. London: W. Kent and Co.; Plymouth: W. Brendon and Son, 1879. Vol.I. pp. 20-1. There are scenes on the Moor, where the rivers rush through the narrow channels which they have torn asunder at the base of the finest eminences of overhanging crag and cliff. Such is Tavy Cleave. There, after heavy showers or sudden storms, is heard the roar of the Tavy, with a power that renders the observer mute whilst he listens to it. The waters flow wildly forward as their rush is reverberated amidst the clefts and caverns of the rocks; and, as they roll their dark and troubled course, they give to the surrounding scene that character of awe and sublimity which so strongly excites the feelings of an imaginative mind; for there the deepest solitude to be found in Nature is broken by the incessant agitation of one of the most powerful of her elements. Such a contest of waters - of agitation amidst repose - might be compared, by a poet, to a sudden alarm of battle amidst a land of peace.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Etching
Dimensions
119x164mm
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General views
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Dates
1825