A Midsummer Day's Dream: A Poem1824 |
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abyss anon awful awhile beauteous beautiful behold beneath blazing breath bright brow burning burst chariot clouds corse coursers Croesus Cyrus dark death deep deep foundations dome dreadful earth EDWIN ATHERSTONE eternal ether face fear fell fiery fire firmament flames flash flew flowers foam gaze gentle glittering glorious glow hand hath head heard heave heaven hills huge light limbs look look'd loud lovely methought mighty Misenum morn Mount Vesuvius mountain night Nineveh noon nought o'er ocean Panthea pass'd pause PLINY THE YOUNGER pure rage Reason sleeps roaring rock roll'd rolling round sapphire seem'd shapes showers silence sinks sleep soft Son of Ether soul sound spake Sparta spirit splendour stars steeds stood stream sweet swell'd TACITUS tempest terror thee thick Thou hast thousand thunders trembling turn'd Twas unnumber'd vale vast Vesuvius voice waters waves wind wretch
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Seite x - They went out then, having pillows tied upon their heads with napkins, and this was their whole defence against the storm of stones that fell round them.
Seite vii - ... he might more distinctly view this very uncommon appearance. It was not at that distance discernible from what mountain this cloud issued, but it was found afterwards to ascend from Mount Vesuvius.
Seite xi - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture as that in which he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Seite xiv - I might easily do: as for herself; she said, her age and corpulency rendered all attempts of that sort impossible. However, she would willingly meet death, if she could have the satisfaction of seeing' that she was not the occasion of mine.
Seite xiv - The sea seemed to roll back upon itself and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it is certain, at least, the shore was considerably enlarged and several sea animals were left upon it.
Seite vii - I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards ; or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner. It appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was either more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He ordered a light vessel to be got ready, and gave me the liberty,...
Seite xiii - The chariots, which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive...
Seite ix - But my uncle, in order to sooth the apprehensions of his friend, assured him it was only the burning of the villages, which the country people had abandoned to the flames ; after this he retired to rest, and it is most certain he was so little discomposed as to fall into a deep sleep, for being pretty fat, and breathing hard, those who attended without actually heard him snore.
Seite xvi - At last this dreadful darkness was dissipated by degrees, like a cloud or smoke; the real day returned, and even the sun appeared, though very faintly, and as when an eclipse is coming on. Every object that presented itself to our eyes (which were extremely weakened) seemed changed, being covered over with white ashes, as with a deep snow.
Seite xv - I proposed, while we had yet any light, to turn out of the high road, lest she should be pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents...