 | E. E. Rowse - Gower (Wales) - 1896 - 128 pages
...the following lines : — "Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant! Which poised 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 heart is pure : but to traitor. Though e'en a giant's... | |
 | Esther Singleton - Curiosities and wonders - 1900 - 480 pages
...the following lines : " Behold yon huge And unknown 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 heart is pure, but to a traitor, Tho' e'en a giant's... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - Cornwall (England : County) - 1904 - 352 pages
...shaken that the tourist may probably be disposed to test the quality ascribed to it by the poet : — " Firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose heart is pure ; but to a traitor, Though e'en a giant's... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1887 - 704 pages
...of moral touchstone : Behold }-on huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised 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 heart is pure ; but to a traitor, Tho' e'en a giant's... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Cornwall (England : County) - 1824 - 326 pages
...the following lines. " Behold yon huge And unknown sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock: firm...is its strange, and virtuous property, . It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose heart is pure, but to a traitor, Tho' e'en a giant's... | |
 | Science - 1830 - 412 pages
...huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yomler pointed rock : firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the slightest touch Of him whose breast is pure : but to a traitor, The' ev'na giant's... | |
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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... 
