| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1715 - 70 pages
...roll away, And on th' impaffivc Ice the Lightnings play : . , Eternal Snows the growing Mafs fopply, Till the bright Mountains prop th' incumbent Sky :...each hoary Pile appears, The gather'd Winter of a thoufand Years. 4. * - \ * On this Foundation Fame's high Temple ftands ; Stupendous Pile ! not rear'd... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...ever new, nor subject to decays, 51 Spread, and grow brighter with the length of days. So Zembla's rocks (the beauteous work of Frost) Rise white in...the coast; Pale suns, unfelt, at distance roll away, I5 And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright... | |
| John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1792 - 382 pages
...« And on th' impaflive ice the light'nings play; « Eternal fnows the growing mafs fupply, « Fill the bright mountains, prop th' incumbent Sky ; «...each hoary pile appears, « The gather'd winter of a thoufand years." There are five or fix different Glaciers, which all terminate upon one fide of the... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1821 - 678 pages
...magnificent drawing will be better pleased with the following beautiful winter-piece : — " Lo, Zembla's rocks, the beauteous work of frost, Rise white in air, and glitter o'er the coast ; Pale suns, uufelt, at distance roll away, And on the impassive ice the lightnings p'ay; Eternal snows the growing... | |
| John Moore - 1803 - 320 pages
...ouvrage fait pitied AT the sight of its hoary majesty, I remembered the following lines : So zembla's rocks, (the beauteous work of frost) Rise white in...lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Fill the bright mountains, prop th' incumbent sky : As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather'd... | |
| John Moore - Scottish literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...hoary majesty, I remembered the following lines : So zembla's rocks, (the beauteous work of frost) Kiv: white in air, and glitter o'er the coast ; Pale suns, unfelt at distance roll away, And on ill' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Fill the bright mountains,... | |
| John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...These ever new, nor subject to decays, Spread, and grow brighter, with the length of days. So Zcmbla's rocks (the beauteous work of frost) Rise white in...sky; As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather' d winter of a thousand years. On this foundation FAME'S high Temple stands; Stupendous pile!... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...These ever new, nor subject to decays, Spread, and grow brighter, with the length of days. So Zambia's rocks (the beauteous work .of frost) Rise white in...coast ; Pale suns, unfelt, at distance roll away, K And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Internal snows the growing mass supply, Till ihe bright... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...ever new, nor subject to decays, 5 1 Spread, and grow brighter with the length of days. So Zembla's rocks (the beauteous work of Frost) Rise white in...coast ; Pale suns, unfelt, at distance roll away, 55 And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...my presence : they fall to earth from my hand. Who can meet Swaran in fight ? Who but FinSo Zcmbla's rocks, the beauteous work of frost, Rise white in air, and glitter o'er the coast. 6 His spear wa blasted pine. His shield the rising moon.J MILTON, Paradise Lost, I. 284. His spear,... | |
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