The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, etc., etc., Originally published as an ode.-Pref., 1823 - 286 páginas |
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... storm , the frightful whirlwind blew . Wells , wreath'd with vine , on Joseph's fruitful plain , † Gardens of olive , fields of golden grain , - Milk , such as stream'd thro ' Asher's rich abode , -- ‡ And humming rocks whence plenteous ...
... storm , the frightful whirlwind blew . Wells , wreath'd with vine , on Joseph's fruitful plain , † Gardens of olive , fields of golden grain , - Milk , such as stream'd thro ' Asher's rich abode , -- ‡ And humming rocks whence plenteous ...
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... thy country's pride , In storms , her pilot , in distress , her guide ! Whose gracious temper , and unrivall❜d skill , Bade the wild elements of strife be still , And anarchy retire ; may thy firm soul Defend our 56 THE BARDIAD .
... thy country's pride , In storms , her pilot , in distress , her guide ! Whose gracious temper , and unrivall❜d skill , Bade the wild elements of strife be still , And anarchy retire ; may thy firm soul Defend our 56 THE BARDIAD .
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... storms , spread their naked arms to the enraged and relentless heavens . Fragrance no longer floats in the air ; but chilling damps hover , or cutting gales blow . Na- ture , divested of all her beautiful robes , sits , like a forlorn ...
... storms , spread their naked arms to the enraged and relentless heavens . Fragrance no longer floats in the air ; but chilling damps hover , or cutting gales blow . Na- ture , divested of all her beautiful robes , sits , like a forlorn ...
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... storm sweeps over the continent : raves along the city - streets : struggles through the forest - boughs ; and terrifies the savage nations with a howl , more wildly horrid than their own . The knotty oaks bend before the blast ; their ...
... storm sweeps over the continent : raves along the city - streets : struggles through the forest - boughs ; and terrifies the savage nations with a howl , more wildly horrid than their own . The knotty oaks bend before the blast ; their ...
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... storm is mine . The king of Sora is my son , he bends at the stone of my power . His battle is around Carric - thura ; and he will pre- vail ! Fly to thy land , son of Comhal , or feel my flaming wrath ! " He lifted high his shadowy ...
... storm is mine . The king of Sora is my son , he bends at the stone of my power . His battle is around Carric - thura ; and he will pre- vail ! Fly to thy land , son of Comhal , or feel my flaming wrath ! " He lifted high his shadowy ...
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Página 190 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty Go<J of Jacob : (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel...
Página 201 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his...
Página 187 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Página 176 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Página 175 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Página 196 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Página 190 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Página 100 - But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam' o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek ; With heart-struck anxious care, inquires his name, While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak : Weel pleased the mother hears it's nae wild, worthless rake. Wi...
Página 136 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Página 194 - Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as a heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.