 Awhile they wait the exhausted waves' retreat, Then climb slow up the beach with hands and feet — O Heaven ! deliver'd by whose sovereign hand Still on destruction's brink they shuddering stand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That, damp with...  The Shipwreck: A Poem - Page 132by William Falconer - 1811 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...* Still on the brink of hell they fhuddering ftand ; ' Receive the languid incenfe they beftow, « That, damp with death, appears not yet to glow. ' To thee each foul the warm oblation pays, * With trembling ardour, of unequal praife ; ' In every heart difmay with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...fovereign hand, Still on the brink of hell they fhuddering (land, Receive the languid incenfe they beftow, That damp with death appears not yet to glow. To thee each foul the warm oblation pays, With trembling ardour of unequal praife ; 'n every heart difmay with wonder... | |
 | William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...hand, Still on the brink of hell they shudd'ring stand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, 755 That damp with death appears not yet to glow. To thee each soul the warm oblation pays, With trembling ardor of unequal praise ; In every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the sicken'd spark of... | |
 | William Falconer, Thomas Park - English poetry - 1809 - 184 pages
...Receive the languid incense they bestow, That, damp with death, appears not yet to glow ; To t heu each soul the warm oblation pays With trembling ardour...every heart dismay with wonder strives, And hope the sicken'd spark of life revives, Her magic powers their exil'd health restore, Till horror and despair... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...shudd'ring sund, Receive the languid inceuse they bestow, That damp with death appears not yet to glu» ; To THEE each soul the warm oblation pays With trembling ardour of unequal praise ; In ev'ry heart dismay with wonder strive», And hope the sicken 'd spark of life revive«. Her magic pow'rs... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...sov'reign hand Still on destruction's brink they slmdd'ring stand, Receive the languid incense they ingly was m v\arm oblation pays With trembling ardour of unequal praise ; In ev'ry heart dismay with wonder strives,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...sov'reign hand Still on destruction's brink they shudd'ring ataod, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That damp with death appears not yet to glow ; To THEE each sold the warm oblation pays With trembling ardour of unequal praise ; lu ev'ry heart dismay with wonder... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 120 pages
...sovereign hand, Still on the brink of hell they shuddering stand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That damp with death appears not yet to glow....every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the sicken'd spark of life revives; Her magic powers their exil'd health restore, Till horror and despair... | |
 | William Falconer - Shipwrecks - 1811 - 118 pages
...they shuddering Mand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That damp with death appears not y«t to glow. To thee each soul the warm oblation pays,...every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the sicken'd spark of life revives; Her magic powers their exil'd health restore, Till horror and despair... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pages
...sovereign hand, Still on Perdition's brink they shuddering stand, Receive the languid Incense they bestow, That damp with Death appears not yet to glow. To thee each Soul the warm oblation pays, "U ith trembling ardour of unequal praise ; In every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the... | |
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