 His steps are not upon thy paths, - thy fields Are not a spoil for him, - thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...  The British orator - Page 280by Thomas King Greenbank - 1849Full view - About this book
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Withont a grave, unknell'd, uneoffin'd,andjunknown. " His steps are not upon thy paths,— thy fields Are...And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. " The armaments... | |
 | Scotland - 1838 - 938 pages
...drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffm'd, and unknown. " His steps are not upon thy paths, —...arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wiolds For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...of jEschylian grandeur, bnt also of ^Eschyliaii gloom : " Thon dost arise And shake him from tlice ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction...despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling, to Ms gods, where haply lies His petty hope... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and...And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or b'ay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay. The armaments... | |
 | Fashion - 1868 - 738 pages
...of JEschylian grandeur, but also of jEscnylian gloom : " Thon dost arise And shake him from thce ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction...And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And daahest him again to earth : there let him lay I" Who but this dark... | |
 | Harriet Mary Browne Owen - 1839 - 312 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Poets, English - 1839 - 374 pages
...in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! " The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And eend'st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies * " A Thought... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 368 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold,... | |
 | Harriet Mary Browne - 1840 - 302 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in eome near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1840 - 378 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold,... | |
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