 To the antiquary and artist, sixteen columns are an inexhaustible source of observation and design; to the philosopher, the supposed scene of some of Plato's conversations will not be unwelcome; and the traveller will be struck with the beauty of the...  The Shipwreck: A Poem - Page xxxiby William Falconer - 1858 - 153 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...their foundering bark to save, And toil'd—and shriek'd—and perish'd on the wave! i • Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep; There, on his funeral waters, dark and wild, The dying father blest his darling child! Oh! Mercy, shield... | |
 | History - 1803 - 892 pages
...guns, their foundering bark to save, And toil'd — and shriek'd— and perish'd on the wave ! Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep j There, on his funeral waters, dark and wild, The dying father blest his darling child ! Oh ! Mercy,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 892 pages
...guns, their foundering bark to save, And toil'd— and shriek'd— and perish'd on the wave! Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep ; There, on his funeral waters, dark and wild. The dying father blest his darling child ! Oh ! Mercy,... | |
 | History - 1803 - 866 pages
...guns, their foundering bark to save, And toil'd— and shriek'd — and perish' d on the wave ! Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep ; There, on his funeral waters, dark and wild, The dying father blest his darling child ! Oh ! Mercy,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...guns, their foundering bark to save, And toil'd— and shriek'd— and perish'd ou the wave ! Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep ; There, on his funeral waters, dark and wild, The dying father blest his darling child ! Oh ! Mercy,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...guns, their foundering bark to save, And toil'd....and shriek'd....and perish'd on the wave ! Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep ; There on his funeral waters dark and wild, The dying father blest his darling child! Oh ! Mercy,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 pages
...their foundering bark to save, And toil'd — and shriek' d — and perish'd on the wave ! Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep ; 150 There on bis funeral waters, dark and wild, The dying father blest his darling child ! Oh ! Mercy,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...and the traveller will be struck with the beauty of the prospect over " Isles that crown the JEgean deep':" but for an Englishman, Colonna has yet an...interest, as the actual spot of Falconer's Shipwreck. 130 cond excursion. IJowever, his works, as far as they gor are most beautiful ; but they are almost... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 322 pages
...Islei that crown the JEgean deep :" but for an Englishman, Colonna has yet air additional interest,as the actual spot of Falconer's Shipwreck. Pallas and...forgotten, in the recollection of Falconer and Campbell. f Here in the dead of night by Lonna's steep, •" The seaman's cry was heard along the deep." This... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 248 pages
...the traveller wilt be struck with the beauty of the prospect over "Met that crown the iEgeandetp:" but for an Englishman, Colonna has yet an additional...recollection of Falconer and Campbell: " Here in the dend of night bj Lonna's steep, " The seaman's cry was heard along the deep." This temple of Minerva... | |
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