| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 Seiten
...tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm, connected bulwark seems to grow, Spreads its long arms amid the watery...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 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'J vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
| 1845 - 614 Seiten
...artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow, Spre;i'ls ! " Poor race risins o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile; The flow canal, the yellow-blossomed... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps...shore. While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, See an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow blossomed vale, The willow-tufted... | |
| 1847 - 1230 Seiten
...encamped on the confines of the devoted land. " The pent ocean," says Goldsmith, in his rich numbers, " rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile; The slow canal, the yellow-blossomed vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1849 - 674 Seiten
...by human hands, " Spreads its long arm amidst tho watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps tho shore ; While the pent Ocean, rising o'er the pile,...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,... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm coanected bulwark 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-blossomed vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 Seiten
...tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amid the watery...ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world before him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 Seiten
...methmks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark 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-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 Seiten
...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark 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 blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain... | |
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