 Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends ; White are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud ; Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears;...  The Iliad of Homer - Page 97by Homer - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 384 pages
...and fing through every Jhroml : Pale, trembling, tir'd, the failors freeze with fears ; And inftant death on every wave appears. So pale the Greeks the eyes of Heftor meet, The chief fo thunders, and fo fhakes the fleet. As when a lion ru(hing from his den, 760... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 380 pages
...and fing through every fhroud : Pale, trembling, tir'd, the failors freeze with fears ; And inftant death on every wave appears. So pale the Greeks the eyes of Hector meet, The chief fo thunders, and fo fhakes the fleet. As when a lion rufhing from his den, 760 Amiclft the plain of... | |
 | 1792 - 918 pages
...mafts, and fing thro' every fhroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the failors freeze withfearsj. And mil, mt death on every wave appears. So pale the Greeks the eyes of Hedtor meet, The chief Ib thunders, and fo lhakes the fleet. As when a lion rulhmg from his den, Amidft... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...mafts, and fing thro' every fhroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the failors freeze with fean; And inftant death on every wave appears. So pale the Greeks the eyes of Heclor meet. The chief fo thunders, and fo makes the fleet. As when a lion rulhmg from his den, Amidd... | |
 | Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...down again to the depths ; their " soul is melted away because of trouble. They reel " to ' • White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing thro' every shroud : Pale, " to and fro like a drunken man, and are at their wits" end. Then they cry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...fing thro' every fhroud : 7Ji Pale, trembling, tir'd, the failors freeze with fear» j And inftant death on every wave appears. So pale the Greeks the eyes of Heftor meet, The chief fo thunders, and fo (hakes the fleet. As when a lion ruining from his den, 760... | |
 | Slave trade - 1805 - 378 pages
...Lights as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends ; White are the decks with foam, the winds aloud, Howl o'er the masts and sing thro' ev'ry shroud, Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears And instant death on ev'ry... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...bursts the wave that from the clouds impends, And sweli'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er...the sailors freeze with fears, And instant death on ev'ry wave appears. DRYDEN'S VIHGIL. HASSAN, OR, THE CAMEL DRIVER. IN silent, horror o'er the boundless... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1806 - 480 pages
...As when a wave, that from a cloud impends, And, swell'd with tempests, on the ship descends : White are the decks with foam; the winds, aloud, Howl o'er the masts, and sing through ev'ry shroud : Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears ; And instant death on ev'ry wave... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends ; White are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Hovl o'er the masts and sing through every shroud ; Pale,...the sailors freeze with fears. And instant death on ev'ry wave appears. DRYDEN'S VIRGIL. Approach of Winter. Then is the time, For those whom wisdom, and... | |
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