 | 1827 - 802 pages
...wnodwellwitlira theeye Of the volcanos, and their mountain torch : A fearful hope was all the world contained : Forests were set on fire— but hour by hour They fell and faded — -and the crackling trunks Lxtinguish'd with a crash — and all was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an earthly... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...dwell, Were burnt for beacons ; cities were consumed, And men were gather'd round their blazing homes 15 To look once more into each other's face ; Happy were...contain'd ; Forests were set on fire — but hour by hour 20 They fell and faded — and the crackling trunks Extinguish'd with a crash — and all was black.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...Were burnt for beacons ; cities were consumed, And men were gather'd round their blazing homes. 15 To look once more into each other's face ; Happy were...was all the world contain'd ; Forests were set on fire—but hour by hour 20 They fell and faded—and the crackling trunks Extinguish'd with a crash—and... | |
 | John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...dwell, Were burnt for beacons: cities were consumed, And men were gather'd round their blazing homes To look once more into each other's face; Happy were...hope was all the world contain'd; Forests were set on fire—but hour by hour They fell and faded—and the crackling trunks Extinguish'd with a crash—and... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...dwell, Were burnt for beacons ; cities were consumed, And men were gathered round their blazing homes To look once more into each other's face ; Happy were...mountain-torch : A fearful hope was all the world contained ; Forests were set on fire — but hour by hour They fell and faded — and the crackling... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...consum'c And men were gather 'd round their blazing homes,To look once more into each other's face ; 15 Happy were those, who dwelt within the eye Of the volcanos, and their mountain -torch : A fearful hope was all the world contain'd ; Forests were set on fire — but hour... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...dwell, Were burnt for beacons; cities were consumed, And men were gathered round their blazing homes To look once more into each other's face; Happy were those who dwelt within the eye Of the volcanoes, and their mountain torch. A fearful hope was all the world contained: Forests were set on... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 420 pages
...dwell, Were burnt lor beacons ; cities were consumed, And men were gather'd round their blazing homes 15 To look once more into each other's face ; Happy were those who dwelt within the eye Of the volcanoes and the mountain-torch : A fearful hope was all the world contain'd ; Forests were set on... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...dwell, Were burn'd for beacons; cities were consumed, And men were gather'd round their blazing homes To look once more into each other's face ! Happy were those who dwelt within the eve Of the volcanos and their mountain-torch: A fearful hope was all the world contain'd ! Forests... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 pages
...dwell, Were burnt for beacons ; cities were consumed, And men were gather'd round their blazing homes To look once more into each other's face ; Happy were...hour They fell and faded — and the crackling trunks which confound and weary the ordinary reader, and baffle the comprehension, even of those more accustomed... | |
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The palaces of crowned kings - the huts, The habitations of all things which dwell, Were burnt for beacons; cities were consumed, And men were gather'd round their blazing homes To look once more into each other's face. Happy were those who dwelt within... 
