 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 pages
...burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds ; till, overhead, a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts...wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze : Follows the loosened, aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling ; peal on... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1860 - 136 pages
...wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds : till over head a sheet 35 Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts, And opens...wider; shuts, and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosened aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling ; peal on peal... | |
 | James Thomson - Gift books - 1861 - 480 pages
...nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds: till over head a sheet Of livid...opens wider; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. 1140 Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling; peal on... | |
 | James Thomson - 1862 - 272 pages
...nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve; and more The noise astounds ; till over head a sheet Of livid...wider; shuts and opens still, Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal... | |
 | Colesworthey Grant - Anglo-Indians - 1862 - 228 pages
...nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds — till over head a sheet Of livid...opens wider, shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal... | |
 | Colesworthey Grant - Anglo-Indians - 1862 - 222 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds — till over head a sheet Of livid flume discloses wide, then shuts, And opens wider, shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds: till over head a sheet Of livid...wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping aether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling; peal on peal... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of livid...wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze, Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling ; peal on peal... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds : till overhead a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts,...wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling ; peal on peal... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds: till over head a sheet Of livid...wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping aether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling; peal on peal... | |
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And following slower, in explosion vast, The Thunder raises his tremendous voice. At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The tempest growls ; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve,... 
