 The port capacious, and secure from wind, Is to the foot of thund'ring ^Etna join'd. By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high; By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mounting flames, that lick the sky. Oft from her bowels massy rocks...  Pompeii - Seite 8von William Clarke (architect.) - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Virgil - 1828 - 550 Seiten
...and secure from wind, Is to the foot of thund'ring /Eirm join'd. By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls no high ; By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mountain flames, that lick the sky. Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, 751 And, shiver'd by... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1829 - 658 Seiten
...capacious, and secure from wind, Is to the foot of thundering JF.tna join'd. By turns a pitchy cloud the rolls on high, By turns hot embers from her entrails...sky. Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And ahiver'd by the force, come pietc-meal down. Oft liquid lakes of burning sulphur tlow, Fed from the... | |
 | Virgil - 1830 - 370 Seiten
...shores we run. 745 The port, capacious and secure from wind, Is to the foot of thund'ring jEtna join'd. By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high ; By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mountain flames, that lick the sky. 750 Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And, shiver'd by... | |
 | Frederick William N. Bayley - 1830 - 754 Seiten
...majestic Souffriere, in that awful moment, would not have been unworthy of Virgil's description of Etna: " By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high ; " By turns...hot embers from her entrails fly, " And flakes of mountain flames that lick the sky ! " Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, " And shivered by... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 Seiten
...and secure from wind, Is to the foot of thundering /Etna join'd. By turns a pitchy cloud she'rolls on high, By turns hot embers from her entrails fly,...sky. Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And shiver'd by the force, come piece-meal down. Oft liquid lakes of burning sulphur flow, In this translation... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1833 - 518 Seiten
...571The port capacious and secure from wind Is to the foot of thundering jEina joined, By turns a patchy cloud she rolls on high, By turns hot embers from her entrails By, And flakes of mountain flames that lick the sky. Speaking of Polyphemus : - Ipse arduus, altaque... | |
 | James Holman - 1834 - 386 Seiten
...bowels of the mountain. The sublime description of Virgil did not fail to occur to my recollection. " By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high, By turns...from her entrails fly, And flakes of mounting flames lick the sky ; Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And shiver'd from their force come piecemeal... | |
 | Virgil - 1834 - 340 Seiten
...shores we run. 745 The port, capacious and secure from wind, Is to the foot of thund'ring jEtna join'd. By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high ; By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mountain flames, that lick the sky. 750 Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And, shiver'd by... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 Seiten
...shores we run. The port, capacious and secure from wind, Is to the foot of thund'ring JEtnajoin'd. By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high ; By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mountain flames that lick the sky, Oft from her bowels massy rocks are thrown, And, shiverM by the... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 882 Seiten
...fumantem piceo, et candente favilla : Attollitque globos flammarum, et sidéra ¡ambit. JEn. iii. 574. " , that thou be not inhabited ; and I shall set glory b in the land of the living ; 21 c I will make mountain flames, that lick the sky." The disparted tongues, as it were of fire, Acts ii. 3, which appeared... | |
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