I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander, darkling, in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air... Orthophony - Page 181edited by - 1882 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 320 pages
...The bright sun Фа« extinguished, and the Stan Did wander, darkling, in the eternal ipace, Raylets, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind, and blackening, in the moonless air ; Horn came, and went — and came, and bro't no And men forgot their passions, in the dread [day ;... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1846 - 408 pages
...is exemplified in the shout of defiance, with which Fitz-James addresses the band of Koderic Dhu, ' Come one, come all ! This rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.'* Impassioned ' Radical Stress.' Bold, angry, and threatening Command. [Abrupt, explosive style of utterance.]... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 762 pages
...Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly plac'd his foot before : — ' Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.' — Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyea Respect was mingled wiih surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846
...Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — ' Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.' — Sir Roderick mark'd — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 300 pages
...the chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon aa I."— Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1880
...dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air ; Morn came and went—and came, and brought no day, The rivers, lakes and ocean all stood still, And... | |
 | William Russell - 1846
...: The bright sun was extinguished ; and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless ; and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless ^irj"— Amazement : " What may this mean, That thou dead corse, again, In complete steel, Revisit'st... | |
 | Elers Napier - 1847
...shelter against the cutting wind, — like Fitz-James, when he exclaims to his Highland foes — " Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I!" — averred his resolution of stopping where he was, until the actual and visible approach of the enemy.... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 506 pages
...hand, And shouts of loud defiance pours, And shakes his gauntlet at the towers. SCOTT'S Marmion. 6. Come one, come all — this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. SCOTT'S Marmion. DELAY — PROCRASTINATION. 1. O, my good lord, that comfort comes too late : 'T is... | |
 | Adam Blenkinsop, Sir William Henry Gregory - Ireland - 1847 - 266 pages
...resistance, and rather like an Egyptian mummy than otherwise. I felt certain that he repeated to himself, " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." It was found necessary partially to uncase him that he might have the use of a hand ; and when all... | |
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