| 1800 - 236 páginas
...fteep " It thundering ftioots, and fhakes the country round. " At firft an azure fheet, it nifties broad; " Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, " And from the loud-refounding rocks below " Dafh'd in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft " A hoary mift, and forms a... | |
| 1801 - 446 páginas
...pathless steeps, till at once it burst upon our view. Smooth to the shelving brink the copious flood Rolls fair and placid ; where collected all, In one impetuous...shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure street, it ushers broad ; c J Then whitening by degrees as prone it falls ; And from the loud -resounding... | |
| George Holmes - 1801 - 238 páginas
...once it burst upon our view. Smooth to the shelving brink the copious flood Rolls fair and pkcid ; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down...shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure street, it ushers broad ; Then whitening by degrees as prone it falls ; And from the loud-resounding... | |
| 1809 - 572 páginas
...I check my steps ; and view, the broken scene. Smooth to the shelving brink, a copious flood rolls fair and placid; where, collected all in one impetuous...thundering shoots, and shakes the country round." A person hearing this read without regard to the poetical pauses, would not suppose it to be verse,... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 320 páginas
...back, I check my steps, and view the broken scene. Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair, and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thund'ring shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whit'ning... | |
| 1802 - 708 páginas
...down the ftcep It thundering (hoots, and (hakes the country round. At firft an azure ttra i, it ulhers broad ; Then whitening by degrees as prone it falls ; And from the loud-refounding rocks brlow Daih'd in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft A hoary miff, and forms a ceafelefs... | |
| 1802 - 552 páginas
...Itecps, till at once it kiifii upon our view. " Smooth to the fhelving brink the copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where, collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the fteep It thundering (hoots, and (hakes the country round. At firlr, an azure flreet, it uiliers broad... | |
| Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 342 páginas
...shelving brink, a copious flood " Rolls fair and placid ; were collected all, " In one irapetur/us torrent, down the steep " It thundering shoots, and...whitening, by degrees, as prone it falls, " And from the loud resounding rocks below " Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft " A hoary mist, and forms a... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 186 páginas
...hack, I check my steps, and view the hroken scene. Smooth to the shelving hrink a copious flood Bolls fair, and placid ; where collected all. In one impetuous...country round. At first, an azure sheet, it rushes hroad ; Then whitening hy degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-resounding rocks helow Dash'd... | |
| John Bristed - 1803 - 326 páginas
...conceptions my imagination had formed of it. 'Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood 1 Rolls fair and placid ; -where collected all, • In one...down the steep • It thundering shoots, and shakes thecountry round, • At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; • Then, whitening, by degrees,... | |
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