 Awhile they bore the o'erwhelming billows' rage, Unequal combat with their fate to wage; Till all benumbed, and feeble, they forego Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below : Some, from the main yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without...  The Shipwreck: A Poem - Page 128by William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1806 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Crabb - English language - 1851 - 556 pages
...which dash agajnst the shore, or against vessels with more than ordinary force, are termed breakers ; Now on the mountain wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath in' involving tide, Till one who seems in agony to strive The whirling breakers heave on shore alive.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...sink to shades below. Some, from the main-yardarm impetuous thrown, On marble ridges die without n rafls descend. Now on tho mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th' involving... | |
 | James Beattie, George Gilfillan - Beattie, James, 1735-1803 - 1854 - 318 pages
...billows' rage, Unequal combat with their fate to wage ; Till all benumb'd and feeble they forego 664 Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below : Some,...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, 670 Then downward plunge beneath the involving tide ; Till one, who... | |
 | James Beattie - 1854 - 332 pages
...billows' rage, Unequal combat with their fate to wage ; Till all benumb'd and feeble they forego 664 Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below : Some,...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, ero Then downward plunge beneath the involving tide ; Till one, who... | |
 | William Falconer, John Mitford - 1854 - 282 pages
...and feeble, they forego Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below : Some, from the main-yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend ; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath the involving tide ; Till one, who seems... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...and feeble they forego Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below. Some, from the main-yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan....from the wreck on oars and rafts descend. Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide; Till one, who seems... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...and feeble they forego Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below. Some, from the main-yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan....from the wreck on oars and rafts descend. Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th' involving tide; Till one, who seems... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...on a broken crag were struggling cast, And there by oozy tangles grappled fast; Awhile they bore the o'erwhelming billows' rage, Unequal combat with their...from the wreck on oars and rafts descend; Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath the involving tide; Till one. who seems... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...Some, from the main-yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan. Three with Palcmon on their skill depend, And from the wreck on oars and rafts descend. Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath til' involving tidfl; Till one, who seems... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...and feeble, they forego Their slippery hold, and sink to shades below. Some, from the main-yard-arm impetuous thrown On marble ridges, die without a groan....wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath the involving tide ; Till one, who seems in agony to strive, The whirling breakers heave on shore alive... | |
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