 | 1809 - 402 Seiten
...firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out nil empire, and usurps the shore •, While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious wurld beneath him smile ; The slow caual, the yellow-blosnoiu'd rale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 Seiten
...diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow . Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore:...amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...diligently slow, The firm, connected bulwark seems, to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore:...amphibious world beneath him smile; The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 Seiten
...diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arm* amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore :...Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow caval, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-iafted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 Seiten
...diligeutlj' slow, The firm, connected bulwark seems to grow ;: Spreads. its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore:...amphibious world beneath him smile;: The slow canal, the yellow blossom!d vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail,. The crowded mart, the cultivated... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 Seiten
...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulw ark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps...amphibious world beneath him smile; The slow canal, the yellow btossom'd vale, The willow tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
 | 1814 - 310 Seiten
...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow : Spreads its loog arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps...amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow canal, the yellow bVossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 Seiten
...firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out au empire, and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean,...amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
 | Sir Richard Colt Hoare - 1815 - 402 Seiten
...many places literally overlooks the marshes beneath. To adopt the beautiful description of Goldsmith : While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an...amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
 | James Mitchell - 1816 - 408 Seiten
...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to go, Spreads its long arms against the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps...amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail ; The crowded mart, the cultivated... | |
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Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar,... 
