 And now, lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath!— In vain, alas! the sacred shades of yore Would arm the mind with...  Poetical narratives, epistles, and humourous pieces, selected from the most ... - Pàgina 94per Poetical narratives - 1810 - 304 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Joseph] [Robertson, Sholto Percy - 1822 - 400 pàgines
...ludicrous : And now lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew nearl The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell...roar beneath ! In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of vmv Would arm the mind with philosophic lore , In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breath, To smile... | |
 | William Falconer - 1822 - 192 pàgines
...mansions of the bless'd. It comes! the dire catastrophe draws near, Lash'd furious on by destiny severe: The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath t O, yet confirm my heart, ye powers above! This last tremendous shock of fate to prove : The tottering... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 332 pàgines
...one is raised at the head of the other. The principal caps of a ship are those of the lower masts. The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath ! O yet confirm my heart, ye Powers above ! This last tremendous shock of fate to prove ; The tottering... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pàgines
...dashed in pieces. " And now, lashed on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near. The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death...yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath. In vain the cords and axes were prepared, For now the audacious seas insult the yard; High o'er the ship they... | |
 | James Grahame - 1823 - 346 pàgines
...to help no more ! And now lash'd on hy destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and hreakers roar heneath ! In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of yore Would arm the mind with philosophic... | |
 | Alexander Kilgour (M.D.) - 1825 - 234 pàgines
...horrors surrounding us were too appalling for human nature to contemplate without shuddering; for, " In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of yore Would arm...mind with philosophic lore ; In vain they'd teach us with our latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death. Even Zeno's self, and Epictetus old,... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 240 pàgines
...piteously for help. 41 u And now lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught the dreadful scene drew near; The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death,...Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath." At last the keel struck upon a rock, and all the masts fell overboard. Several of the crew, clinging... | |
 | William Falconer - 1825 - 126 pàgines
...SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. And now, lasb'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near, The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death,...Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath ! — O yet confirm my heart, ye powers above ! This last tremendous shock of fate to projre : The... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 250 pàgines
...help. C 3 " And " And now lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught the dreadful scene drew near; The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death,...Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath." At last the'keel struck upon a rock, and all the masts fell overboard. Several of the crew, clinging... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1828 - 298 pàgines
...friendship to bemoan.— "And now lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death,...latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death. E'en Zeno's self, and Epictetus old, This fell abyss had shudder'd to behold. Had Socrates, for godlike... | |
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