| England - 1838 - 884 pages
...retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. • ' As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which...the stars did reverence as it pass'd, So he, through teaming and through fancy, took His flights sublime, and on the loftieit top Of Fame's dread mountain... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 640 pages
...— alone, Dark, sullen, proud, gazing contemptuously On hearts and passions, prostrate at Ms feet. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence as it passed ; So he through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1827 - 624 pages
...— alone, Dark, sullen, proud, gazing contemptuously On hearts and passions, prostrate at his feet. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence as it passed ; So he through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top... | |
| Robert Pollok - 1827 - 534 pages
...swept, retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed ; So he through learning, and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top... | |
| 1827 - 604 pages
...retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. s As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed: So he through learning, and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top... | |
| Robert Pollok, William Jenks - Books and reading - 1828 - 282 pages
...retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, • And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed, So he through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime, and on the loftiest top Of... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...swept, retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed ; So he through learning, and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top... | |
| John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...by man ; He tossed about, as tempest, withered leaves; Then, smiling, looked upon the wreck he made. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed, So he through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime, and on the loftiest top Of... | |
| Religion - 1828 - 580 pages
...retired in pride, Exalting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin ho had wrought. " As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed ; So he through learning , and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top... | |
| 1828 - 502 pages
...swept, retired in pride, Exultmg in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. "As some fierce comet of tremendous size , To which the stars did reverence, as it passed ; • So he through learning, and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest... | |
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