 Awhile they bore the o'erwhelming billows' rage, Unequal combat with their fate to wage; Till all benumbed, and feeble, they forego Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below : Some, from the main yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without...  The Shipwreck: A Poem - Pàgina 128per William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1806 - 215 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Falconer - 1764 - 154 pàgines
...without a groan. Three with PALEMON on their fldll depend, And from the wreck on oars and rafts defcend. Now on the mountain wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide-, 645 Till one, who feems in agony to ftrive, The whirling breakers heave on fliore alive ; The reft... | |
 | 1782 - 516 pàgines
...and feeble, they forego Their flipp'ry hold, and fink to (hades below. Some, from the main-yard arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan. Three, with Palemon, on their (kill depend, And from the wreck, on oars and rafts defcend. Now, on the mountain wave on high they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 pàgines
...and feeble they forego Their flippery hold, and fink to (hades below. Some, from the main-yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan. • Three with Palemon on their (kill depend, And from the wreck on oars and rafts dcfcend. Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride,... | |
 | William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pàgines
...from the main-yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan. Three with PA LEMON on their skill depend, And from the wreck on oars and rafts descend. Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, 670 Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide ; Till one, who... | |
 | William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pàgines
...struggling, on a broken crag were cast, And there by oozy tangles grappled fast; Awhile they bore the o'erwhelming billows' rage, Unequal combat with their...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath the involving tide; Till one, who seems... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 296 pàgines
...they bore th' o'erwhelming billows' rage, Unequal combat with their fate to wage ; Till all benumb'd, and feeble, they forego Their slippery hold, and sink...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide ; Till one, who seems... | |
 | William Falconer, Thomas Park - 1809 - 184 pàgines
...and sink to shades below: Some, from the main yard-arm impetnons thrown On marble ridges, die withont a groan : Three with Palemon on their skill depend,...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the monntain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plnnge beneath the' involving tide ; Till one, who seems... | |
 | Poetical narratives - 1810 - 330 pàgines
...they bore th' o'erwhelming billows' rag£ Unequal combat with their fate to wage ; Till all benumb'd, and feeble, they forego Their slippery hold, and sink...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide ; Till one, who seems... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pàgines
...from the main yard-arm impetuous throw« On marble ridges, die without a groan : Three with Palemón on their skill depend, And from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide; Till one, who seems... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pàgines
...main yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridjcs, die without a groan: Three with Palemón on tbeir skill depend, And from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they rid«', Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide; Till one, who seem*... | |
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