The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, LL. D.: Containing M'Fingal, a Modern Epic Poem, Revised and Corrected, with Copious Explanatory Notes; The Progress of Dulness; and a Collection of Poems on Various Subjects, Volumes 1-2Samuel G. Goodrich, 1820 - American poetry |
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... land . * But though so bright her sun might shine , " Twas quickly hasting to decline , With feeble ray , too weak t ' assuage The damps , that chill the eve of age . " For states , like men , are doom'd as well Th ' infirmities of age ...
... land . * But though so bright her sun might shine , " Twas quickly hasting to decline , With feeble ray , too weak t ' assuage The damps , that chill the eve of age . " For states , like men , are doom'd as well Th ' infirmities of age ...
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... more mischief to us ; Since he began th ' unnat❜ral war , The work his masters sent him for . " And are there in this freeborn land Among ourselves a venal band ; A dastard race , who long have sold Their souls M'FINGAL . 19.
... more mischief to us ; Since he began th ' unnat❜ral war , The work his masters sent him for . " And are there in this freeborn land Among ourselves a venal band ; A dastard race , who long have sold Their souls M'FINGAL . 19.
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... land , When Moses waved his potent wand , Nor with more uproar , than the Tories Set up a general rout in chorus ; [ jeer'd ; Laugh'd , hiss'd , hem'd , murmur'd , groan'd and Honorius now could scarce be heard . Our Muse , amid th ...
... land , When Moses waved his potent wand , Nor with more uproar , than the Tories Set up a general rout in chorus ; [ jeer'd ; Laugh'd , hiss'd , hem'd , murmur'd , groan'd and Honorius now could scarce be heard . Our Muse , amid th ...
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... land to th ' other ? And yet gain'd fewer proselyte Whigs , Than old St. Anth'ny ' mongst the pigs ; * And changed not half so many vicious , As Austin when he preach'd to fishes , Who throng'd to hear , the legend tells , Were edified ...
... land to th ' other ? And yet gain'd fewer proselyte Whigs , Than old St. Anth'ny ' mongst the pigs ; * And changed not half so many vicious , As Austin when he preach'd to fishes , Who throng'd to hear , the legend tells , Were edified ...
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... land ! Ye viper race , that burst in strife The genial womb that gave you life , Tear with sharp fangs and forked tongue The indulgent bowels whence ye sprung ; And scorn the debt and obligation , You justly owe the British nation ...
... land ! Ye viper race , that burst in strife The genial womb that gave you life , Tear with sharp fangs and forked tongue The indulgent bowels whence ye sprung ; And scorn the debt and obligation , You justly owe the British nation ...
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Page 197 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 144 - I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh : There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 200 - Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, And dragons...
Page 143 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 85 - Now warm with ministerial ire, Fierce sallied forth our loyal "Squire, And on his striding steps attends His desperate clan of Tory friends. When sudden met his wrathful eye A pole ascending through the sky, Which numerous throngs of whiggish race Were raising in the market-place. Not higher school-boys' kites aspire, Or royal mast, or country spire; 10 Like spears at Brobdignagian tilting, Or Satan's walking-staff in Milton.
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Page 132 - Rhodopeiae arces altaque Pangaea et Rhesi Mavortia tellus atque Getae atque Hebrus et Actias Orithyia. Ipse cava solans aegrum testudine amorem te, dulcis coniunx, te solo in litore secum, 465 te veniente die, te decedente canebat.
Page 108 - d on the ground his manly length. Like ancient oak o'erturn'd, he lay, Or tower to tempests fall'na prey, Or mountain sunk with all his pines, Or flow'r the plow to dust consigns, And more things else — but all men know 'em, If slightly versed in epic poem.
Page 10 - Squire should please, Successive on, like files of geese. And now the town was summon'd, greeting, To grand parading of Town-meeting; A show, that strangers might appal, As Rome's grave senate did the Gaul.
Page 196 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground which did weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will be like the Most High!