 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 Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1853 - 194 pàgines
..." Distinct, but distant ; clear, but oh ! how cold !" — antithesis. EXERCISES. I. And now, lashed on by destiny severe, With horror fraught the dreadful...Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath. Uplifted on the surge, to heaven she flies, Her shattered top half-buried in the skies ; Then, headlong... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pàgines
...death of Albert. 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,...roar beneath! In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of yoro Would arm the mind with philosophic lore ; In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breath, To smile... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 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 god-like... | |
 | James Beattie, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 318 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 the mind with philosophic lore ; In vain they 'd teach us, at the latest breath ezo To smile serene amid the pangs of death : Immortal Zeno's... | |
 | William Falconer, John Mitford - 1854 - 282 pàgines
...mansions of the blest. 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 ! O yet confirm my heart, ye powers above ! This last tremendous shock of fate to prove ; The tottering... | |
 | James Beattie - 1854 - 332 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 the mind with philosophic lore ; In vain they 'd teach us, at the latest breath 620 To smile serene amid the pangs of death : Immortal Zeno's... | |
 | 1855 - 834 pàgines
...death of Albert. 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. Even Zeno's self, and Epictctus old, This fell abyss had shudder'd to behold. Had Socrates, for godlike... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 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 god-like... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pàgines
...to help no more! And now, lash'd on by destiny severe, Witli horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death,...In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breath, To smilo serene amid the pangs of death. E'en Zeno's self, and Epietetus old, This fell abyss had shudder'd.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pàgines
...to help no more ! And now, lashed on by destiny severe, With horror fraught the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death,...mind with philosophic lore ; In vain they'd teach ns, at the latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death. Even Zeno's self, and Epictetus... | |
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