 | Sir Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1916 - 438 pages
...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 ! Vet still his claim the injur'd ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played : As... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1917 - 440 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 reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ! Yet still his claim the... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1923 - 440 pages
...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 I Yet still his claim the injur'd ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played : As... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1923 - 168 pages
...rivet, with Gigantick Piles, Thorough the Center their new-catched Miles ; And to the stake a strugling Country bound, Where barking Waves still bait the forced Ground ; Building their watrylSabel Tar more high To reach the Sea, then those to scale the Sky. Yet still his claim the Injur'd... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1924 - 440 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 reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ! Yet still his claim the... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - Authors, English - 1927 - 372 pages
...Waves still bait the forced Ground ; 20 Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the Sea, then those to scale the Sky. Yet still his claim the Injur'd Ocean laid, And oft at Leap-frog ore their Steeples plaid : As if on purpose it on Land had come To shew... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - Early poetry - 1985 - 324 pages
...piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound, 20 Where barking waves still bait the forced ground,...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... | |
 | Margarita Stocker - Apocalyptic literature - 1922 - 162 pages
...formed by the off-scouring of the coasts of Britain, which the Dutch have laboriously heaped together,' Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky! 9 Glad then, as miners that have found the ore, They, with mad labour fished the land to shore, And... | |
 | David Norbrook - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 532 pages
...rivet, with Gigantick Piles, Thorough the Center their new-catched Miles; And to the stake a strugling Country bound, Where barking Waves still bait the forced Ground; Building their wa try Babel far more high To reach the Sea, then those to scale the Sky. (lines 13-22) The architectural... | |
 | 196 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their neiv-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... | |
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