 Awhile they wait the exhausted waves' retreat, Then climb slow up the beach with hands and feet — O Heaven ! deliver'd by whose sovereign hand Still on destruction's brink they shuddering stand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That, damp with...  The Shipwreck: A Poem - Pagina 132de William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1811 - 215 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1782 - 516 pagini
...* Still on the brink of hell they fhuddering ftand ; ' Receive the languid incenfe they beftow, « That, damp with death, appears not yet to glow. ' To thee each foul the warm oblation pays, * With trembling ardour, of unequal praife ; ' In every heart difmay with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 pagini
...fovereign hand, Still on the brink of hell they fhuddering (land, Receive the languid incenfe they beftow, That damp with death appears not yet to glow. To thee each foul the warm oblation pays, With trembling ardour of unequal praife ; 'n every heart difmay with wonder... | |
 | William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pagini
...hand, Still on the brink of hell they shudd'ring stand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, 755 That damp with death appears not yet to glow. To thee each soul the warm oblation pays, With trembling ardor of unequal praise ; In every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the sicken'd spark of... | |
 | William Falconer, Thomas Park - 1809 - 184 pagini
...Receive the languid incense they bestow, That, damp with death, appears not yet to glow ; To t heu each soul the warm oblation pays With trembling ardour...every heart dismay with wonder strives, And hope the sicken'd spark of life revives, Her magic powers their exil'd health restore, Till horror and despair... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pagini
...shudd'ring sund, Receive the languid inceuse they bestow, That damp with death appears not yet to glu» ; To THEE each soul the warm oblation pays With trembling ardour of unequal praise ; In ev'ry heart dismay with wonder strive», And hope the sicken 'd spark of life revive«. Her magic pow'rs... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pagini
...sov'reign hand Still on destruction's brink they slmdd'ring stand, Receive the languid incense they ingly was m v\arm oblation pays With trembling ardour of unequal praise ; In ev'ry heart dismay with wonder strives,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pagini
...sov'reign hand Still on destruction's brink they shudd'ring ataod, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That damp with death appears not yet to glow ; To THEE each sold the warm oblation pays With trembling ardour of unequal praise ; lu ev'ry heart dismay with wonder... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 120 pagini
...sovereign hand, Still on the brink of hell they shuddering stand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That damp with death appears not yet to glow....every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the sicken'd spark of life revives; Her magic powers their exil'd health restore, Till horror and despair... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 118 pagini
...they shuddering Mand, Receive the languid incense they bestow, That damp with death appears not y«t to glow. To thee each soul the warm oblation pays,...every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the sicken'd spark of life revives; Her magic powers their exil'd health restore, Till horror and despair... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pagini
...sovereign hand, Still on Perdition's brink they shuddering stand, Receive the languid Incense they bestow, That damp with Death appears not yet to glow. To thee each Soul the warm oblation pays, "U ith trembling ardour of unequal praise ; In every heart dismay with wonder strives, And Hope the... | |
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