 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pàgines
...ship hangs hovering on the verge of den'.H, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath 1 — In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of yore Would arm the mind with philosopliic lore ; In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pàgines
...With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hoverijig on the verge of ctea'.h, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath...philosophic lore; In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breixth, To smile serene amid the pangs of death. E'en Zeno's self, and Epicterus old, TMs fell abyss... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 pàgines
...ship hangs hovering on the verge of dentJi, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath 1 — In vain, alas! the sacred shades of yore Would arm...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 - 1860 - 778 pàgines
...ship hangs hovering on the verge of dcn'.b, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath I—- In vain, alas! the sacred shades of yore Would arm...latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death. E'en Zone's self, and Epictetus old, This fell abyss had shudder'd to behold. Had Socrates, for god-like... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pàgines
...ship hangs hovering on the verge of den'.h. Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath J— In vain, alas! the sacred shades of yore Would arm...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 - 1865 - 784 pàgines
...ship hangs hovering on the verge of den'.h, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath I—- In vain, alas! the sacred shades of yore Would arm...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... | |
 | David Grant - 1865 - 428 pàgines
...solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony. BYRON. SHIPWRECK. f ND 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pàgines
...FROM THE SHIPWRECK. And now, lashed on by destiny severe, With horror fraught the dreadful scene drew near ! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell yawns, rooks rise, and breakers roar beneath ! . . . . In vain the cords and axes were prepared, For now the... | |
 | William Falconer - 1866 - 284 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 To smile serene amid the pangs of death. Immortal Zeno's self... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pàgines
...Shipwreck, H. 563. 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. 11. llI. 610' Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock... | |
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