What radiant changes strike th' astonished sight! What glowing hues of mingled shade and light! Not equal beauties gild the lucid west, With parting beams all o'er profusely drest; Not lovelier colours paint the vernal dawn, When orient dews impearl th... The Shipwreck: A Poem - Page 55by William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1811 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...victim thro'. Th' upturning points his ponderous bulk fuftain; On deck he ftruggles with convulfive pain. But while his heart the fatal javelin thrills, And flitting life efcapes in fanguine rills, Wh What radiant changes ftrike th' aftonifh'd fight ! What glowing hues... | |
| William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through. 80 Th' upturning points his pond'rous bulk sustain ; On deck he struggles with convulsive pain. But while his heart the fatal jav'lin thrills, And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills, What radiant changes strike th' astonish'd... | |
| William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through ; The upturning points his pond'rous bulk sustain, On deck he struggles with convulsive...escapes in sanguine rills, What radiant changes strike the astonished sight ! What glowing hues of mingled shade and light ! Not equal beauties gild the lucid... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fatal victim through : Th' upturning points his wondrous bulk sustain ; On deck he struggles with convulsive pain : But while his heart the fatal jav'lin thrills, And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills, What radiant changes strike th' astonish'd... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...missile weapon Hew, And, pliinginsr, struck the fated victim through; Th' upturning point* his pondrons bulk sustain, On deck he struggles with convulsive...in sanguine rills, What radiant changes strike th' astonish'd sight ! What glowinj hues of mingled shade and light! Not equal beauties gild the lucid... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...missile «eapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through ; Th' upturning points his pondrons bulk sustain, On deck he struggles with convulsive...pain : But while his heart the fatal javelin thrills, Ami flitting life escapes in sanguine rills, What radiant changes strike th' astonish'd eight ! What... | |
| Poetical narratives - English poetry - 1810 - 330 pages
...missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fatal victim through : Tii' upturning points his wondrous bulk sustain ; On deck he struggles with convulsive pain : But while his heart the fatal jav'lin thrills, And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills, What radiant changes strike th' astonish'd... | |
| William Falconer - Shipwrecks - 1811 - 118 pages
...attends. Unerring aira'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim thro'. Th' upturning points his ponderous bulk sustain; On deck...in sanguine rills, What radiant changes strike th' astonish'd sight!. What glowing hues of mingled shade and light 1 Not equal beanties gild the lucid... | |
| William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pages
...attends. Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through. Th' upturning points his ponderous bulk sustain; On deck...thrills, And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills, BREEZE INCREASES. 47 . With radiant changes strike 1h' astonish 'd sight ! What glowing hues of mingled... | |
| William Falconer - 1811 - 120 pages
...attends. Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim thro'. Tli' upturning points his ponderous bulk sustain; On deck he struggles with convulsive pain. '.'-m whiic his heart the fatal javelin thrills, And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills, What... | |
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