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" Brave, liberal, just, the calm domestic scene Had o'er his temper breathed a gay serene. Him science taught by mystic lore to trace The planets wheeling in eternal race ; To mark the ship in floating balance held, By earth attracted, and by seas repell'd... "
Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean ...
by Abby Jane Morrell - 1833 - 230 pages
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - Shipwrecks - 1804 - 292 pages
...eternal race; To mark the Ship in floating balance held, By Earth attracted, and by Seas rcpell'd; Or point her devious track through climes unknown...leads to every shore and every zone. He saw the Moon thro' Heaven's blue concave glide And into motion charm th' expanding Tide, While Earth impetuous round...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - English poetry - 1806 - 294 pages
...eternal race; To mark the Ship in floating balance held, By Earth attracted, and by Seas repell'd ; Or point her devious track through Climes unknown...through Heaven's blue concave glide, And into motion charm th' expanding Tide, While Earth impetuous round her axle rolls, Exalts her watery zone, and sinks...
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A Chymical Catechism, Or, The Application of Chymistry to the Arts: For the ...

Samuel Parkes - Chemistry - 1807 - 382 pages
...refinement? For this the ship, in floating balance held, -By earth attracted ami by seas repell'd ; Duetts her devious track through climes unknown, That leads to every shore and every zone. FALCONER:. to their separation, in regular and peculiar figures, from tht water in which they were...
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The shipwreck, with life by R. Carruthers, illustr. by B. Foster

William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...his mind Was yet by soft humanity refined; Each joy of wedded love at home he knew, Abroad, confest the father of his crew ! Brave, liberal, just ! the...every zone. He saw the moon through heaven's blue conclave glide, And into motion charm the expanding tide, While earth impetuous round her axle rolls,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Mallet, Akenside ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...eternal race ; Tu mark the ship in floating balance held, Tiy Earth attracted, and by seas rcpell'd ; Or point her devious track through climes unknown That leads to every shore and every zone, [glide-, He saw the Moon through Heaven's blue concave And into motion charm th' çxpandmg tide, While...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 14

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...eternal race ; To mark the ship in floating balance held, By Earth attracted, and by seas repell'd ; Or point her devious track through climes unknown That leads to every shore and every /.one. [glide, He saw the Moon through Heaven's blue concave And into motion charm th' expanding tide,...
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The shipwreck, a poem. With additional notes, and a sketch of the author's ...

William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pages
...eternal race ; To mark the Ship in floating balance hold, By earth attracted and by Seas repell'd ; Or point her devious track through climes unknown,...every shore and every zone. He saw the Moon through Heav'n's blue concave glide, And into motion charm th' expanding tide ; While Earth impetuous round...
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The shipwreck, a poem by W. Falconer, with a sketch of his life

William Falconer - 1811 - 120 pages
...in floating balance held, By earth attracted and by seas repell'd; Or point her devious track thro' climes unknown, 'That leads to every shore and every zone, He saw the moon thro' hcav'ns1 blue concave glide, And into motion charm th' expanding tide ; AVhile earth Impetuous...
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The Shipwreck

William Falconer - English poetry - 1818 - 194 pages
...eternal race I To mark the ship in floating balance held, By earth attracted, and by seas repell'd ; Or point her devious track through climes unknown,...zone : He saw the moon through Heaven's blue concave And into motion charm th' expanding tide, [glide, While earth impetuous round her axle rolls, Exalts...
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The shipwreck, and other poems

William Falconer - 1818 - 194 pages
...in floating balance held), By earth attracted and by seas repell'd; Or point her devious track thro' climes unknown, That leads to every shore and every zone. He saw the moon thro' heav'n's blue concave glide, And into motion charm th' expanding tide ; Rodmond. While earth...
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