 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1873 - 730 pages
...virtues are combined, That form the true preeminence of mind. " What wonder struck us when we did survey The lambent lightnings Innocently play; And down thy rods beheld the dreaded, fire In a swift Bame descend and then expire; While the red thunders, roaring loud around, Burst the black clouds,... | |
 | James Lawrence Onderdonk - American poetry - 1901 - 412 pages
...relation to science, the following lines deserve attention: — " What wonder struck us when we did survey The lambent lightnings innocently play, And down thy rods beheld the dreaded fire In a swift flame descend, — and then expire; While the red thunders, roaring loud around, Burst the thick... | |
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And, pleas'd, from thee new fame and honour draws; In thee those various virtues are combin'd, That form the true pre-eminence of mind. What wonder struck us when we did survey The lambent lightnings innocently play, And down thy rods beheld the dreaded... 