twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell ; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed. Recollections, 1832 to 1886 - Page 6by Sir Algernon West - 1900 - 441 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...hails as English heart of oak 1 ENIGMA ON THE LETTER (H.) BV LORD BYRON. 'TWAS in heaven pronouuc'd, 'twas muttered in hell. And echo caught faintly the...to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence conlest; 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder ; 'Tis seen in the lightning, and heard... | |
| Classical philology - 1818 - 426 pages
...TWA s whisper'd in Heaven, and mutter'd in Hell, And Echo caught softly the words as they fell : In the confines of Earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confess'd. It was seen in the lightning, and heard in the thunder ; Twill be found in the spheres when... | |
| John Winter Jones - 1822 - 176 pages
...least, into, the same transgression. RIDDLE 94* Twas in heaven pronounc'd, 'twas muttee*d in bell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell ; On...to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confess'd; 'Twill he found in the sphere when it's riven asunder, Be teen in the lightning, and heard... | |
| Joanna Baillie - English poetry - 1823 - 386 pages
...sketch'd the plan, And Cecil ends what Bunbury began. 70 A RIDDLE. 'Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the...to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confest ; 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lightning, and heard... | |
| English wit & humor - 1825 - 204 pages
...TCwas whisperM in Heaven, 'twas rautter'd in Hell, And Echo caught softly the words as they fell ; - In the confines of Earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the Depths of the ocean its presence confess'd; T was seen in the Lightning, 'twas heard in the Thunder, T will befoundintheSpheres when... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...ENIGMA. Twas whispered in heaven, and muttered in hell, And echo caught softly the sound as it fell ; In the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confest ; It was seen in the lightning, and heard in the thunder, 'Twill be found in the spheres when... | |
| William Clarke - Amusements - 1829 - 476 pages
...tallow-chandler the most vicious and unfortunate of mere! ENIGMAS. 1. 'Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas mutter'd in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell...to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confess'd ; 'Twill be found in the sphere, when 'tis riven asunder; 'Tis seen in the lightning, and... | |
| David Booth - English language - 1831 - 408 pages
...is the following, said to have been written by Lord Byron: 'Twas whisper'd in heaven, 'twas mutter'd in hell, And Echo caught faintly the sound as it fell...to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence contest. 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lighfning, and heard... | |
| 1831 - 426 pages
...Newgat* will send you to — Parliament. ENIGMA. 'TwA8 whieper-d in heaven, 'twas rnutter*d in bd' And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell, On the...to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confess 'd. Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder; [der; Be seen in the lightning, and... | |
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