 To hang their momentary fires Amid the vault of heaven. So, fire with water to compare, The ocean serves, on high Up-spouted by a whale in air, To express unwieldy joy.  Moby Dick - Page 541by Herman Melville - 1892 - 545 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1864 - 454 pages
...the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets flew, self-driven, To hang their momentary fires Amid the vault of heaven. So, fire with water to compare,...Up-spouted by a whale in air, To express unwieldy joy. Had all the pageants of the world In one procession join 'd, And all the banners been unfurl'd That... | |
 | Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 pages
...beautifully blue, In all its rich variety of shades, Sufiused with glowing gold. SOBTHEY. THE DYING DOLPHIN. RODMOND, unerring, o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends ; THE BED OF THE SEA. 77 Unerring aimed, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim... | |
 | William Falconer - 1866 - 284 pages
...the baited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides, unhappy, near the triple prong: Rodmond, unerring, o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends ; Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through. The upturning... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1870 - 574 pages
...spiree, And rockets flew, self-driven, To hang their momentary fires Amid the vault of heaven. Bo, fire with water to compare. The ocean serves, on high...Up-spouted by a whale in air, To express unwieldy joy. Had all the pageants of the world In one procession join'd, And all the banners been nnfurl'd That... | |
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 226 pages
...roois, the dome, the spires, And rockets fiew, seif-driven, To hang their momentary fires Amld the vanlt of heaven. So fire, with water to compare, The ocean serves on high Up-eponted hy a whale in air. To express nnwieldy joy. Had all the pageants of the world ln one procession... | |
 | Joseph C. Hart - Massachusetts - 1872 - 376 pages
...Ocean's monarch shall escape us free! Masaniello. Soon to the sport of death the crews repnir: Redmond, unerring, o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends; Unerring aimed, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through, Awhile his... | |
 | Sea stories - 1876 - 504 pages
...snare. One, in redoubling mazes, wheels along, And glides, unhappy! near the triple prong. RODMOMD unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends. Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plungmg, struck the fated victim through TV upturning... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...the baited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides, unhappy! near the triple prong. Rodmond unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends; Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim thro'. Th' upturning... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...the baited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides, unhappy ! near the triple prong. Rodmond unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends; Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim thro'. Th' upturning... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1880 - 852 pages
...the haited snare. One in redoubling mazes wheels along, And glides, unhappy, near the triple prong: Rodmond, unerring, o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends ; Unerring aim'd, the missile weapon flew, And, plunging, struck the fated victim through. The upturning... | |
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