 | 1871 - 314 Seiten
...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...hurricane. The sea-bird wheeling round it, with the diu Of wings and winds and solitary cries, Blinded and maddened by the light within, Dashes himself... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - 1871 - 488 Seiten
...water-spout, which carried away its bell, hung one hundred feet above the ordinary high-water level. " The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites...form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane." A few years ago, a lighthouse which stood on a point called the " Double Stanners," between Lytham... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 Seiten
...hold it up, and shake it like a fleece. The startled waves leap over it ; the storm Smites it with ail the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its...Dashes himself against the glare, and dies. A new Promethens, chained upon the rock, Still grasping in his hand the fire of Jove, It does not hear the... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - 232 Seiten
...of pease ; It sees the winds lift ocean in their grasp, And hold it up and shake it like a fleece. The startled waves leap over it ; the storm Smites...solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane. There is , something exceedingly cheerful in the bright ray cast from a lighthouse at night; it is... | |
 | Henry C. Leonard - 1873 - 216 Seiten
...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...and dies. A new Prometheus, chained upon the rock, Still grasping in his hand the fire of Jove, It does not hear the cry, nor heed the shock, But hails... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 Seiten
...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...of the rain ; And steadily against its solid form THE LAST FIGHT IX THE COLISEUM. The sea-bird * wheeling round it, with the din Of wings and winds and... | |
 | George Fenwick (of Ryde.) - 1873 - 158 Seiten
...in 1858, in place of one on the summit of the cliffs. Of this building, we may say — "The started waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain ; And steadily apa'nst its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane !" The keeper bhould indeed be a... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales) - 1874 - 582 Seiten
...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...and dies. A new Prometheus, chained upon the rock, Still grasping in his hand the fire of Jove, It does not hear the cry, nor heed the shock, But hails... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 Seiten
...silent night Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light !' The startled waves leap over it ; the storm Smites it with all the scourges4 of the rain; And steadily against its solid form Press tho great shoulders of the hurricane.... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 Seiten
...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...Blinded and maddened by the light within, Dashes himself againsfc the glare, and dies. A new Prometheus, chained upon the rock, Still grasping in his hand the... | |
| |
The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane. 
