Manfred on the Jungfrau

Manfred on the Jungfrau is an 1842 oil-on-canvas painting by the British artist Ford Madox Brown. It is inspired by Act I Scene II of Lord Byron's dramatic poem Manfred, probably most particularly the following:... And you, ye crags upon whose extreme edge I stand, and on the torrent's brink beneath Behold the tall pines dwindled as to shrubs In dizziness of distance, when a leap, A stir, a motion, even a breath, would bring My breast upon its rocky bosom's bed To rest for ever – wherefore do I pause? ... Thou winged and cloud-cleaving minister, Whose happy flight is highest into heaven, Well may'st thou swoop so near me ... ... How beautiful is all this visible world! How glorious in its action and itself!

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