| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched mila ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
| Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched miles; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
| William Alexander Mackinnon - Civilization - 1846 - 428 pages
...they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre, their new catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a have wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scab; the sky. Yet »till his claim the... | |
| William Alexander Mackinnon - Civilization - 1849 - 424 pages
...they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre, their new catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples play'd ; As if on purpose it on land had come To show... | |
| William Henry Bartlett - Massachusetts - 1853 - 384 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Through the centre their new catchèd miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still...ground, Building their watery Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured ocean layed, And oft... | |
| William Henry Bartlett - Massachusetts - 1853 - 312 pages
...How did they rivet with gigantic piles Through the centre their new catched miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still...bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel fur more high * To catch I lie waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet si ill his claim the injured... | |
| Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
...did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still...than those to scale the sky ! Yet still his claim the injured ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played, As if on purpose it on land had... | |
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