 Woo terror to delight us. ... But to hear The roaring of the raging elements, . . To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not, . . to look round, and only see The mountain wave incumbent with its weight Of bursting waters o'er the reeling bark...  England in 1815 as Seen by a Young Boston Merchant - Page 6by Joseph Ballard - 1913 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...see, The mountain wave incumbent, with it* weight Of bursting waters o'«r -the reeling bark, . . . O God, this is indeed a dreadful thing ! And he who...doth never hear the storm Howl round his home, but he remeffi.bers it, And thinks upon the suffering mariner ! The description of the storm is admirable-... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1806 - 276 pages
...see The mountain wave incumbent) with its weight Of bursting waters, o'er the reeling bark, . . . O God, this is indeed a dreadful thing ! And he who hath endured the horror, once, Of such ail hour, doth never hear the storm Howl round his home, but he remembers it, And thinks upon the suffering... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...only fee The mountain wave incumbent, with ils weight Of bmfting; water», o'er the reeling bark,.. О God, this is indeed a dreadful thing ! . And he who hath endured the honour, once, Of fuch an hour, doth new- hear the ftorm Howl round his home, but he remembers it, And... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 318 pages
...waters, o'er the reeling bark, . . . 0 God, this is indeed a dreadful thing ! And he who hath endur'd the horror, once, Of such an hour, doth never hear...the storm Howl round his home, but he remembers it t And thinks upon the suffering mariner ! Onward we drove : with unabating force The tempest raged... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 588 pages
...waters, o'er the reeling bark, . . . O God, this is indeed a dreadful thing ! And he who hath endur'd the horror, once, Of such an hour, doth never hear the storm Howl round his home, but lie remembers it, And thinks upon the suffering manner ! Onward we drove i with unabaMag fore* The... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...waters, o'er the reelnig harks*— This is. Indced, a dread and awful thing ! And he who hath endun-d the horror. once, of such an hour, doth never hear...his home, but he remembers it. And thinks upon the su Bering mariaerl Smtlicy. Feb. 1 5 — was anciently the Lupercalia, or Festival of Pan. It was nsual... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...weight Of bursting waters, o'er the reeling barks, — This is, indeed, a dread and awful thing! And be who hath endured the horror, once, Of such an hour, doth never hear the storm Howl ronnd his home, but he remembers it, And thinks upon the suffering mariner ! SOHTHEY. In continuation... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...not; to look round, and only see The mountain-wave incumbent, with its weight Of bursting waters, o'er the reeling bark: Oh God! this is indeed a dreadful...the horror once Of such an hour, doth never hear the storni Howl round his home, but he remembers it, And thinks upon the suffering mariner! Onward we drove;... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1845 - 848 pages
...only see The mountain wave incumbent with its weight Of bursting waters o'er the reeling bark, . . . O God, this is indeed a dreadful thing ! And he who...doth never hear the storm Howl round his home, but be remembers it, And thinks upon the suffering mariner. Onward we drove : with unbating force The tempest... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...only see The mountain wave incumbent, with its weight Of bursting waters, o'er the reeling hark, — O God, this is indeed a dreadful thing ! And he who...hour, doth never hear the storm Howl round his home, hut he remembers it, And thinks upon the suffering mariner ! CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC. HERS in solitude... | |
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