 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...the baited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides, unhappy ! near the triple prong. Rodmond unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends; Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim thro'. Th' upturning points... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...the baited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides, unhappy! near the triple prong. Rodmond unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends; Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim thro'. Th' upturning points... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1880 - 852 pages
...the haited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides, unhappy, near the triple prong: Rodmond, unerring, o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends ; Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through. The upturning points... | |
 | Herman Melville - Adventure stories - 1892 - 576 pages
...these, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, are th« property of the king." Blackstone. " Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Rodmond...suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends." Falconer's Shipwreck, " Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets blew self driven,... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1892 - 576 pages
...coast, are ths property of the king." Blackstone. " Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Redmond unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends." Falconer's Shipwreck, " Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets blew self driven,... | |
 | herman melville - 1922 - 742 pages
...these, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, are the property of the king.' Blackstone. ' Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Rodmond...suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends.' Falconer's Shipwreck, * Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires. And rockets blew self driven,... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 1983 - 1470 pages
...these, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coasts, are the property of the king." Blackstone. "Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Rodmond...suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends." Falconer's Shipwreck. "Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets flew self driven,... | |
 | Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle - Fiction - 1988 - 1072 pages
...these, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coasts, are the property of the king." Blackstone. "Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Rodmond...suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends." Falconer's Shipwreck. "Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets flew self driven,... | |
 | Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle - Fiction - 1988 - 1080 pages
...are the property of the king." Bliickstone. "Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Rodniond unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends." Falconer's Shipwreck. "Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets flew self driven,... | |
 | Herman Melville - 2006 - 542 pages
...these, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, are the property of the king." - BLACKSTONE. "Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Rodmond...suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends." - FALCONER'S SHIPWRECK. "Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets blew self driven,... | |
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Soon to the sport of death the crew repair, Dart the long lance, or spread the baited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides unhappy near the triple prong: Rodmond, unerring, o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends... 
