| Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 644 Seiten
...struggling country bound, Where barking waves si ill bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babul far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ? Yet still his claim the injur'd ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples play'd, As it' on purpose it on land had come To shew... | |
| 1810 - 630 Seiten
...The »<•». How did they rivet with gigantick piles Thorough the center their new-catched miles : And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babul far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ? Yet still his claim the... | |
| 1810 - 696 Seiten
...M The Dutch, How did they rivet with gigantick piles Thorough the center their new-catched miles : And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ? Yet still his claim the... | |
| 1810 - 620 Seiten
...dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantick piles Thorough the center their new-catched miles : And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ? Yet still,his claim the... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 Seiten
...hyperbole : — How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched milef ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1825 - 392 Seiten
...dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injur'd... | |
| 1821 - 444 Seiten
...hyperbole : — How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre t heir new-cat ched miles; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
| Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 Seiten
...dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injur'd... | |
| 1825 - 392 Seiten
...dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injur'd... | |
| 1825 - 390 Seiten
...dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the. centre their new-catched miles; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injur'd... | |
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