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" ... the vile strength he wields for earth's destruction thou dost all despise, spurning him from thy bosom to the skies: and send'st him, shivering, in thy playful spray, and howling, to his Gods, where haply lies his petty hope in some near port or bay;... "
The Rival Collection of Prose and Poetry, for the Use of Schools, Colleges ... - Page 412
1872 - 504 pages
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st 0H $ And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrikc the walls Of...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling,...gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near fort or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike...
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National Preceptor

Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him shivering, in thy playful spray, And howling to...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. 4. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs...
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The Reader's Guide: Containing a Notice of the Elementary Sounds in the ...

John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...spray', And howling*, to his godsv, where haply lies' His petty hope in some near port or bay', And dashest him again to earth* : — there let him lay.*...quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals', — The oak leviathans', whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter...
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The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository, Volume 61

1858 - 708 pages
...is aroused by the storm and the tempest, with what ease can it destroy the proudest works of man. " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...— The oak-leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war, — These are thy toys, and as...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to...haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls...
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Rural sketches and poems, chiefly relating to Cleveland

John Walker Ord - Cleveland (England) - 1845 - 434 pages
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him shivering in thy playful spray, And, howling to...haply lies His petty hope, in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; there let him lay." Childe Harold, Canto IV. v. 179 & 180. So writes...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to...haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls...
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The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for ...

Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncofnn'd, and unknown. * * * * * The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors. To ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown-. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter...
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