The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page 40
... 'er which an angry sea tumultuous roars : All else in death's eternal silence hush'd . The fierce volcano , with terrific crash , Bursting it's dreadful crater , thunders forth The fiery ebullition 40 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
... 'er which an angry sea tumultuous roars : All else in death's eternal silence hush'd . The fierce volcano , with terrific crash , Bursting it's dreadful crater , thunders forth The fiery ebullition 40 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
Page 42
... fierce battalions these misfortunes come : These are calamities that bear impress'd The awful signet of Almighty Power : The Hand of God is seen - His Presence felt , When thus in dreadful Majesty aroused , To shake so terribly the ...
... fierce battalions these misfortunes come : These are calamities that bear impress'd The awful signet of Almighty Power : The Hand of God is seen - His Presence felt , When thus in dreadful Majesty aroused , To shake so terribly the ...
Page 52
... fierce invaders of thy peaceful fold , And save thy little trembler . - Nor repeat The song triumphant for thy wond'rous deeds Achieved in Elah's valley , where the proud And vaunting Champion felt the mortal force Of thy despised ...
... fierce invaders of thy peaceful fold , And save thy little trembler . - Nor repeat The song triumphant for thy wond'rous deeds Achieved in Elah's valley , where the proud And vaunting Champion felt the mortal force Of thy despised ...
Page 56
... fierce and fervid glow ; his frame unnerved , And paralyzed his will . - But when at length The golden lamp rolls down the western slope Of Heaven's o'er - arching concave , Zephyrs bland Fan with their balmy wings the ambient air ...
... fierce and fervid glow ; his frame unnerved , And paralyzed his will . - But when at length The golden lamp rolls down the western slope Of Heaven's o'er - arching concave , Zephyrs bland Fan with their balmy wings the ambient air ...
Page 59
... fierce resentment - how endure The growing shame which in the open face Of broad - eyed day shall blazon forth my guilt Conspicuous : A wretch for harlots vile ( Alas ! myself more vile ) to triumph o'er , Of matrons chaste the scorn ...
... fierce resentment - how endure The growing shame which in the open face Of broad - eyed day shall blazon forth my guilt Conspicuous : A wretch for harlots vile ( Alas ! myself more vile ) to triumph o'er , Of matrons chaste the scorn ...
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Page 82 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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