 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pàgines
...viewed in vain. And now, lashed on by destiny severe, "With horror fraught the dreadful scene drew rs of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied 1 In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of yore, Would arm the mind with philosophic lore; In vain they'd... | |
 | Peter Bays - 1831 - 202 pàgines
...become the more willing advocates of the Sailor's Cause, which is the object of this work to espouse. "——Now, lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror...Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath. Uplifted on the surge, to heaven she flies, Her shatter'd top half-buried in the skies: Then head-long... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pàgines
...severe, With horror fraught the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of deatn, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath...of yore, Would arm the mind with philosophic lore; [breath, In vain they'd teach us, at the latest To smile serene amid the pangs of death. Even Zeno's... | |
 | William Falconer - 1834 - 186 pàgines
...to help no more! 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... | |
 | William Falconer - 1836 - 160 pàgines
...whirl my brain ; Since I, all trembling in extreme distress, Must still the horrible result express. In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of yore Would arm...lore ; In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breath, 620 To smile serene amid the pangs of death: Immortal Zeno's self would trembling see Inexorable Fate... | |
 | William Falconer - 1836 - 306 pàgines
...mansions of the blest. lt 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! O yet confirm my heart, ye powers above ! x- ,/ i This last tremendous shock of fate to prove; The... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pàgines
...to help no more ! 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pàgines
...help no more ! And now, lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the drcufl lui scene drew sottish vice or desperate breach of law To which in after years sereno amid the pangs of death. K'en Zeno's self, and Epictetus old. This fell abyss had shiidder'd... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pàgines
...to help no more ! And now, lash'd on hy destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew erward collected with great parade by Bell and others. l nevpr looked into the Florence Misce bcuoath In vain, alas! the sacred shades of yore Would arm the mind with philosophic lore ; In vain... | |
 | Jerrold Vernon, Grace Horsley Darling - 1839 - 514 pàgines
...MONTAGU. CHAPTER XIX. Anil 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!" LEAVING Grace Darling for the present in the enjoyment of her well-won fame, the reader is now carried... | |
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