How frantick his motion ! He rescues the corse, from the rough rolling wave ! The strand, for its pillow, From out the salt billow, He rescues the corse.. ..but it is not to save ! There stands, dark and lonely, The plunderer's dwelling ; He seeks the... The Conflagration - Page 118by George Manners - 1812 - 18 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1812 - 154 pages
...roaring, Along the strand, pouring, Now bear him again, o'er the watery way! * Again rise the surges $ Again they restore him: Again the wave urges Its refluence,...defenceless, And plunges the corse, in the billowy tomb ! The foul hearted demon, The sailor despoiling, Now rends, from the seaman, The fruit of his toiling!... | |
| Lucius Manlius Sargent - American poetry - 1813 - 158 pages
...rough rolling wave ! The strand, for its pillow, From out the salt billow, He rescues the corse.. ..but it is not to save ! There stands, dark and lonely,...defenceless, And plunges the corse, in the billowy tomb ! The foul hearted demon, The sailor despoiling, Now rends, from the seaman, . ! The fruit of his toiling... | |
| Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1815 - 100 pages
...rough rolling wave ! The strand for its pillow, From out the salt billow, He rescues the corse.. ..but it is not to save ! There stands, dark and lonely,...gleaming, To lead the poor mariner on to his doom ! AVhen waves bear him senseless, He robs the defenceless, And plunges the corse in the billowy tomb... | |
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