Science search'd, on weary wing, By shore and sea — each mute and living thing ? Launched with Iberia's pilot from the steep, To worlds unknown, and isles beyond the deep ? Or round the cope her living chariot driven, And... The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems - Page 72by Thomas Campbell - 1811 - 143 pagesFull view - About this book
| Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...enemies ? Are these tho pompous tidings ye proclaim, lights of the world, an 1 demi-gods of fame ? la this your triumph— this your proud applause, children of truth, and champions of her cause ? Woe there ever a bolder captaiii of a more valiant band ? Was thcra ever— but I scorn to boast.... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...the storm; And, when the gun's tremendous flash is o'er, To Night and Silence sink for evermore!.... Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights...hath Science search'd, on weary wing, By shore and sea....each mute and living thing? Launch'd with Iberia's pilot from the steep, To worlds unknown,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 pages
...o'er, To night and silence sink for ever more ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, 315 Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame ? Is this...wing, By shore and sea — each mute and living thing ? 32O Launch'd with Iberia's pilot from the steep, To worlds unknown, and isles beyond the deep ? Or... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 176 pages
...sapient eye serene, Who hail thee, man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and brother of th clay ! Frail as the leaf in Autumn's yellow bower,...of the world, and demi-gods of Fame! Is this your triumph—this your proud applause, Children of Truth, and champions of her cause ? For this hath Science... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1817 - 166 pages
...Whose mortal life, and momentary fire, Rights to the grave his chance-created form, As oceanr wrecks illuminate the storm ; And when the gun's tremendous...hath Science search'd, on weary wing, By shore and sea^-each mute and living thing f D2 Launch'd with Iberia's pilot from the steep, To worlds unknown,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...'o'er, To Might and Silence sink for ever more ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, 9U Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame ? Is this...applause, Children of Truth, and champions of her cause .' Fur this hath Science search'd, on weary wing, By shore and sea— each mute and living thing ?... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...eye serene, Who hail thee, man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay I Frail as the leaf in Autumn's yellow bower, Dust in...applause, Children of Truth, and champions of her cause ? Lesson, 107.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 241 For this hath Science search'd, on weary wing, By shore and sea... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...There live, alas ! of Heav'n-directed mien, Of cultur'd soul, and sapient eye serene, Who hail tb.ee, Man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and...wing, By shore and sea — each mute and living thing ? 1 Lavmch'd with Iberia's pilot from the steep, To worlds unknown, and isles beyond the deep ? Or... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...And, when the gun's tremendous flash is o'er, To Night and silence sink for ever more ! — Are tnese the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world,...wing, By shore and sea — each mute and living thing? Lanch'd with Iberia's pilot from the steep, To worlds unknown, and isles beyond the deep ? Or round... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...flower ! And, when the gun's tremendous flash is o'er, 20 To night and silence sink for evermore ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights...applause, Children of Truth, and champions of her cause ? 25 For this hath Science search'd, on weary wing, By shore and sea — each mute and living thing... | |
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