It sees the ocean to its bosom clasp The rocks and sea-sand with the kiss of peace; It sees the wild winds lift it in their grasp, And hold it up, and shake it like a fleece. The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of... The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone Lighthousepor John Smeaton (F.R.S., Civil Engineer.) - 1876 - 117 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1851 - 786 páginas
...inextingnishable light '. The startled waves leap over it ; the storm Smites it with all the scouriies of the ram, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." This is bold and felicitous : the following, to " The Twilight," is in a more tender strain. The first... | |
| 1851 - 608 páginas
...on that inextinguishable light! The startled waves leap over it ; ibe storm Smiths it witk all lhc scourges of the rain. And steadily against its solid...form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." This is bold and felicitous ; the following, to "The Twilight," is in a more tender strain. The first... | |
| 1851 - 812 páginas
...Inextinguishable light ! The startled waves leap over it ; ike atom Smite» it with tul the scourgts of Vie rain. And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." This is bold and felicitous; the following, to " The Twilight," is in a more tender strain. The first... | |
| 1851 - 792 páginas
...inextingnishable light ! The startled waves leap over it ; Me «torn Smites it tuitk all the soounles of the rate, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." This is bold and felicitous: the following, to " The Twilight," is in a more tender strain. The first... | |
| 1851 - 856 páginas
...inextinguishable light 1 The startled waves leap over it ; the storm Smites il with au the scourgts oftïte rar», And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." This is bold and felicitous : the following, to " The Twilight," is in a more tender strain. The first... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 páginas
...Shines on that unextinguishahle light ! It sees the ocean to its hosom clasp The rocks and sea sand with the kiss of peace, It sees the wild winds lift...form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane. The sea-hird wheeling round it, with the din Of wings and winds and solitary cries, Blinded and maddened... | |
| 1857 - 770 páginas
...all the silent night, Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame — Shines on that inextinguishable light. " It sees the ocean to its bosom clasp The...Press the great shoulders of the hurricane. " The sea bird wheeling round it, with the din Of wings, and winds, and solitary cries, Blinded and madden'd... | |
| 1857 - 794 páginas
...but also for its preservation amidst the many storms and tempests of the last century ; for, — " The startled waves leap over it, the storm Smites...form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." Those who " go down to the sea in ships, and do business in great waters," may see in the friendly... | |
| Fenton Aylmer - 1860 - 338 páginas
...Ayres fading in the distance. CHAPTER VII. " The startled waves leap over it, the storm Smites it with the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its...form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." LONGFELLOW. WE are again at sea, and in the midst of as stormy a water as you could desire, the morning... | |
| Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1860 - 490 páginas
...the storm ? The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the raiii; And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane. See her as she issues from her safe shelter, to measure her woman's strength against all the power... | |
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