The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott, Volume 2H.S. King, 1876 - 415 pages |
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... hands , O'er every hill that under heav'n expands . A SHADOW . A POOR affrighted worm , Where sky and mountain meet , I stood before the storm , And heard his strong heart beat . He drew his black brows down— My knees each other smote ...
... hands , O'er every hill that under heav'n expands . A SHADOW . A POOR affrighted worm , Where sky and mountain meet , I stood before the storm , And heard his strong heart beat . He drew his black brows down— My knees each other smote ...
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... hand at God . Then up it rear'd its head , Beneath the lightning's blaze ; " Omnipotent ! " it said , " Bring back my yesterdays . " God smiled the gloom away ; Wide earth and heav'n were bright ; In light my shadow lay , I stood with ...
... hand at God . Then up it rear'd its head , Beneath the lightning's blaze ; " Omnipotent ! " it said , " Bring back my yesterdays . " God smiled the gloom away ; Wide earth and heav'n were bright ; In light my shadow lay , I stood with ...
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... hand in hand , and two by two , They moved a living tide . Thousands and thousands - all so white ! - With eyes so glazed and dull ! O God ! it was indeed a sight Too sadly beautiful ! And , oh , the pang their voices gave Refuses to ...
... hand in hand , and two by two , They moved a living tide . Thousands and thousands - all so white ! - With eyes so glazed and dull ! O God ! it was indeed a sight Too sadly beautiful ! And , oh , the pang their voices gave Refuses to ...
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... And the sun saw his face in a mirror of blood ; Till they fed on each other , and drank of the sea , And wildly cursed God in their madness of glee ! What hand sweeps the stars from the cheek of the 12 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS .
... And the sun saw his face in a mirror of blood ; Till they fed on each other , and drank of the sea , And wildly cursed God in their madness of glee ! What hand sweeps the stars from the cheek of the 12 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS .
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Ebenezer Elliott Edwin Elliott. What hand sweeps the stars from the cheek of the night ? Who lifts up the sea in the wrath of his might ? Why , down from his glance , shrinks in horror the shark ? Why stumbles o'er mountains the blind ...
Ebenezer Elliott Edwin Elliott. What hand sweeps the stars from the cheek of the night ? Who lifts up the sea in the wrath of his might ? Why , down from his glance , shrinks in horror the shark ? Why stumbles o'er mountains the blind ...
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