Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play, Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such, as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convulsed —... Golden Poems by British and American Authors - Seite 87herausgegeben von - 1906 - 526 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| General reciter - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...changed in all save thee ; — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,— what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their...gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving : — boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity, — the tbrone Of the... | |
| Robert Chambers, Royal Robbins - 1845 - 342 Seiten
...Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they1? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyi-ant since, their shores obey, — The stranger, slave,...gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heavmg; — boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible,... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 Seiten
...deserts — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow — Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou...of the deep are made ! Each zone Obeys thee ! Thou go'st forth ; dread ! fathomless ! alone ! Ex. VII. — BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — Byron. There was a... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 Seiten
...glorious mirror, where the Almighty's forir Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm orconvuls'd — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in...thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. GREECE. No breath of air to break the wave That rolls below the Athenian's grave, That tomb which,... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convuls'd — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in...thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. BYRON. DESCRIPTION OF THE CALIPH'S ARMY. WHOSE are the gilded tents that crowd the way, Where all was... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 550 Seiten
...glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: 'in all time Calm or convuls'd, in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in...; — thou goest forth dread, fathomless, alone." Compared with such images, the finest figures of ancient classic eloquence are tame and common-place.... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 Seiten
...dried up realms to deserts :— not so tbou— Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play — 7\me writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as...or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid dime, Dark-heaving,) — boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1845 - 476 Seiten
...York. BTERKOTYPKD BY J. PAGAN PHILADELPHIA. PRINTED BY TK AND PG COLLINS. THE PATHFINDER. CHAPTER I. " Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses...— boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Etemity ; the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are mode ;... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 Seiten
...all time Calm or convuls'd, in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dart heaving : boundless, endless, and sublime. The image...; — thou goest forth dread, fathomless, alone." Compared with such images, the finest figures of ancient classic eloquence are tame and common-place.... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving,) — boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity...thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. * Ar-ma-da, a fleet of armed ships. The term is usually applied to the Spanish flee*, called the iNviNciBt.K... | |
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