 But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge Colonna frowns on high : Beside the cape's projecting verge are...  The Shipwreck: A Poem - Page 121by William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1811 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...from the realms of day ; Not equal pangs his bosom agonize, When far above the sacred light he eyes, While, all forlorn, the victim pines in vain, For scenes he never shall possess again. 525 But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge Colonna frowns on high ; Beside the... | |
 | William Falconer, Thomas Park - English poetry - 1809 - 184 pages
...his bosom agonize When np to distant light he rolls his eyes ! Where the broad snn, in his dinrnal way Imparts to all beside his vivid ray, While, all...pines in vain For scenes he never shall possess again. 5. Bnt now Athenian monntains they descry, And o'er the snrge Colonna frowns on high, Where marble... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...from the realms of day, Not equal pangs his bosom agonize, When far above the sacred light he eyes ! While, all forlorn, the victim pines in vain For scenes he never shall possess again. But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge Colonna frowns on high ; Beside the cape's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...Ьозот agonize W:ie:i up to distant light he rolls his eyes ! Where the broad, Sun, in his dhirnal'way Imparts to all beside his vivid ray, While, all forlorn,...again. V. But now Athenian mountains they descry, A;t*l o>r the surge Colonna frowns on high, Where marble columns, long by time defac'd, M.SS cover'd... | |
 | Poetical narratives - English poetry - 1810 - 330 pages
...from the realms of day, Not equal pangs his bosom agonize, When far above the sacred light he eyes ! While, all forlorn, the victim pines in vain For scenes he never shall possess again. But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge Colonna frowns on high ; Beside the cape's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...helmsec the last note; of thu second canto. Not half such pangs his bosom agonize When up to distant alf-a-crown ; Who, if some blockhead should be willing To lend him ou his -' nil beside his vivid ray, While, all forlorn, the victim pines in vain For scenes he never shall possess... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...to distant light he rolls his eyes ! \\ here the broad Sun, in his diurnal way Imparts to all besidu his vivid ray, While, all forlorn, the victim pines in vain For secnes he never shall JKÏSSCSS again, V. But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 120 pages
...from the realms of day ; Not equal pangs his bosom agonize, When far above the sacred light he eyes ; While, all forlorn, the victim pines in vain, For scenes he never shall possess again. But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge Colonna frowns on high : Beside the cape's... | |
 | William Falconer - 1818 - 194 pages
...light he eyes, While, all forlorn, the victim pines^in vain, For scenes he never shall possess again. But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge Colonna frowns on high : Beside the cape's projecting verge are plac'd A range of columns, long by time defac'd ; First planted... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 322 pages
...away For ever exiled from the realms of day, Not half such pangs his bosom agonize When up to distant light he rolls his eyes! Where the broad sun, in his...pines in vain For scenes he never shall possess again. 5. But now Athenian mountains they descry, And o'er the surge Colonna frowns on high ; 'Where marble... | |
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