 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 436 pages
...your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock :...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Tho' ev'na gtant's... | |
 | William Mason - English poetry - 1803 - 252 pages
...your astonish'd eyes; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock :...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure; but to a traitor, Tho' ev'na giant's... | |
 | Richard Warner - Cornwall (England : County) - 1809 - 384 pages
...astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge " And unhewn sphere of living adamant, " Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight, " On yonder pointed rock...Such is its strange and virtuous property, " It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch " Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, " Though ev'na giant's... | |
 | Architecture - 1809 - 616 pages
...yon huge • : • ' • ,i Artd unhewn sphere of living adamant, , . Which, pois'd by magic, tests. its central weight , On yonder pointed rock : firm...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequioas to the gentlest touch Of him whose heart is pure : but to a traitor, • : Tho' e'en a giant's... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - Scotland - 1811 - 276 pages
...sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock. Finn as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property,...to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though even a giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as firm asSnowdon !" C/IRACTACUS.... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 404 pages
...your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ;...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's... | |
 | White Watson - Geology - 1811 - 108 pages
...your astonish 'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock: firm...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure; but to a traitor, Tho, ev'na giant's... | |
 | English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...your astonish d eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere 01 living adamant, Which pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock :...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which pois'd by magic, rests its central weigl4 On yonder pointed rock : firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's... | |
 | J. Taylor - Curiosities and wonders - 1822 - 220 pages
...alluded to by Mason : • Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock !...to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Tho' e'en a giant's prowess nerv"d his arm, It stands as fix'd as Snowdon." Caractaoa.... | |
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Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest... 
