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" 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; And instant death on every wave appears \— So pale the Greeks the eyes of Hector meet, The chief... "
Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ... - Page 193
1805 - 358 pages
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A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of ...

Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1820 - 388 pages
...as a wave, that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempest o'er the the ship descends. While are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and ring through every shroud. Pale, tremhling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears, And instant death...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 348 pages
...Girt in surrounding flames, he seems to fall Like fire from Jove, and bursts upon them all : Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd...foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud ; Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 41

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 344 pages
...Girt in surrounding flames, he seems to fall l.ike fire from Jove, and bursts upon them all : Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd...foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every...
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The Iliad of Homer, Volume 2

Homer - 1822 - 342 pages
...Girt in surrounding flames, he seems to fall Like fire from Jove, and bursts upon them all : Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends ; WhKe are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud:...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 10

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...rear, And gods are wearied with their fruitless prayer. ARISTJEL'S. Burst as a wave that from the cloud impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends....foam : the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud. Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears, And instant death on every...
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The Novels of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe ...: To which is Prefixed, a ..., Volume 10

Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1824 - 820 pages
...possible that she might receive an answer to her letter. CHAP. XXXIX. AŤ when a wave, that from a clnuil impends, And, swell'd with tempests, on the ship descends...; the winds, aloud, Howl o'er the masts, and sing through ev'ry shroud : Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears ; And instant death on...
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The Iliad of Homer: Books XIII-XXIV

Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1825 - 286 pages
...Girt in surrounding flames, lie seems to fall, Like fire from Jove, and hursts upon them all: Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd...foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Hale, tremhling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears ; And instant death on...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...: Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impend-, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descernís ; t axle tarns the hidden wheel 890 Of sounding brasŤ ; the polish'd axle stee through every shroud : 755 Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears ; And instant death...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1830 - 492 pages
...prayer. The other, from Homer, I shall give in Pope's translation ; Burst as a wave that from the cloud impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends....White are the decks with foam : the winds aloud Howl o'erthe masts, and sing through every shroud, Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...surrounding flames, lie seems to fall, ' 7SO Like fire from Jove, and burt.K upon thrm a'.l : Bursts nd melt in this embrace ! The vows you never will return, receive ; And take at least the lov arc the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale,...
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