 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
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 256 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,...latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death. Even Zeno's self, and Epictetus old, This fell abyss had shuddered to behold. Had Socrates, for godlike... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 pàgines
...late they danc'd before. 4576 Herrick: Aph. Safety on the Shore. Lashed furious by destiny severe, The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell...latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death. 4577 Falconer : Shipwreck. Canto 111. Lln» «09 Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Bilges the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 pàgines
...late they danc'd before'. 4576 Herrick : Aph. Safety on the Shore. Lashed furious by destiny severe, The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath 1 In vain, alas ! the sacred shades of yore Would arm the mind with philosophic lore, In vain they'd... | |
 | John Edward Patterson - 1913 - 452 pàgines
...DIRE CATASTROPHE!' IT comes !—The dire catastrophe draws near ! Lashed furious on by destiny severe, The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death : Hell...yawns; rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath ! In vain the cords and axes were prepared, For now th' audacious seas insult the yard; High o'er the ship they... | |
 | H. N. Fairchild - 2010 - 428 pàgines
...thee, great Lord, "whatever is, is just." At such a moment, of what use are the pagan philosophers? In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death: Immortal Zeno's self would trembling see Inexorable Fate beneath the lee. But the religion which supports... | |
 | William Graham Scroggie - 1994 - 1460 pàgines
...began to break up. 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, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath. Uplifted on the surge to heaven she flies, Her shattered top half-buried in the skies, Then, headlong,... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1866 - 786 pàgines
...more . And now, lasli'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near Tho , ֣ - J0 ^Z Ƕ ^ 9y + < <( $ 8 ė !iT &q] h / |T y L @ F S eř mu E'en Zeno's self, and Epictetus old, This fell abyss had shudder'd to behold. Had Socrates, for godlike... | |
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