 | William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...wrecked. Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock 640 Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock : Down on the vale of Death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shudd'ring roll their eye* In wild despair ; while yet another stroke, With deep convulsion, rends... | |
 | William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...heaving surge; a second shock bilges the splitting vessel, and a third rends asunder the solid oak — " Her crashing ribs divide, She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide." The scene of agony and despair which ensues is portrayed with affecting minuteness and solemnity. No... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...murd'rer's blows. Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock ! Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering roll their eyes In wild despair ; while yet another stroke, With deep convulsion rends the solid oak... | |
 | William Falconer, Thomas Park - English poetry - 1809 - 184 pages
...wonnded reels — Again she plnnges ! hark ! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock : Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shnddering cast their eyes In wild despair ; while yet another stroke, With strong convnlsion rends... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...splitting vessel on the rock: Down on the vale of Death, with dismal cries, The fate.l victims sluidd'ring es, Swells into a crystal pool, Shaggy rocks and shelving...trees Shout to keep the waters cool. Shiver'd by a Heavn ! — behold her crashing ribs divide! She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.... | |
 | Poetical narratives - English poetry - 1810 - 330 pages
...murd'rer's blows. Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock ! Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering roll their eyes In wild despair ; while yet another stroke, With deep convulsion rends the solid oak... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...wounded reels — Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock : Down on the vale of Death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shudd'ring cast their eyes In wild despair; while yet another stroke, With strong convulsion rends... | |
 | William Falconer - Shipwrecks - 1811 - 118 pages
...murd'rer's blows — Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock : Down on the vale of Death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering roll their eyes, In wild despair; while yet another stroke, With deep convulsion, reuds the solid oak... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pages
...murderer's blows. Again she plunges ! hark ! a second Shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble Rock : Down on the vale of Death, with dismal cries, The fated Victims shuddering roll their eyes, In wild Despair ; while yet another stroke, With deep convulsion, rends the solid... | |
 | William Falconer - 1818 - 194 pages
...murd'rer's blows — Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock. Down on the vale of Death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shudd'ring roll their eyes In wild despair ; while yet another stroke, With deep convulsion, rends... | |
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The lurking demons of destruction dwell, At length asunder torn, her frame divides, And crashing spreads in ruin o'er the tides. 
