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" Then downward plunge beneath the involving tide ; Till one, who seems in agony to strive, The whirling breakers heave on shore alive : The rest a speedier end of anguish knew, And prest the stony beach — a lifeless crew ! Next, O unhappy chief, the... "
The shipwreck, with life by R. Carruthers, illustr. by B. Foster - Page 156
by William Falconer - 1868
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The Shipwreck

William Falconer - Scottish poetry - 1802 - 192 pages
...speedier end of anguish knew, And prest the stony beach, a lifeless crew ! 675 Next, O unhappy chief! th' eternal doom Of Heaven decreed thee to the briny tomb...view ! What painful struggles of thy dying crew ! Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the flood, 68O O'erspread with corses ; red with human blood ! So, pierc'd...
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The Shipwreck, a Poem

William Falconer - English poetry - 1803 - 224 pages
...And press'd the stony beech, a lifeless crew ! 675 Next, O unhappy chief ! th' eternal doom Of heav'n decreed thee to the briny tomb! What scenes of misery...thy view ! What painful struggles of thy dying crew ! 146 THE SHIPWRECK. Albert on the floating Mast. Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the flood, 680 O'erspread...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem in Three Cantos

William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...And press'd the stony beech, a lifeless crew ! 675 Next, O unhappy chief ! th' eternal doom Of heav'n decreed thee to the briny tomb! What scenes of misery...thy view ! What painful struggles of thy dying crew ! I, Albert on the floating Mast. Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the flood, 680 O'erspread with corses...
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The Shipwreck, a Poem. ...

William Falconer - Shipwrecks - 1806 - 240 pages
...end of anguish knew, And press'd the stony beech, a lifeless crew ! 675 Albert on the floating Mast. What scenes of misery torment thy view ! What painful struggles of thy dying crew ! Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the flood, 680 O'erspread with corses ; red with human blood ! So, pierc'd...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer - English poetry - 1808 - 166 pages
...strive. The whirling Breakers heave on shore alive : The rest a speedier end of anguish knew, And prest the stony beach — a lifeless Crew ! Next, O unhappy...Chief! the eternal doom Of heaven decreed thee to thy briny tomb : What Scenes of misery torment thy view ! What painful struggles of thy dying Crew...
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The Poetical Works of William Falconer: Collated with the Best Editions

William Falconer, Thomas Park - English poetry - 1809 - 184 pages
...strive, The whirling breakers heave on ihore aliv* : The rest a speedier end of anguish knew, And press'd the stony beach — a lifeless crew ! Next, O unhappy...briny tomb : What scenes of misery torment thy view I What painful struggles of thy dying crew ! Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the flood, O'erspread...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 14

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...speedier end of anguish knew, And prett the stony beach — a lifeless ere» ! Next, О unhappy chief! th' eternal doom Of Heaven decreed thee to the briny tomb...view ! What painful struggles of thy dying crew ! Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the uood O'erspread with corses, red with human blood ! So pierc'd with...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...speedier end of snguitfh knew, And prest the stony beach — a lifeless crew ! Next, O unhappy chief! th' the citron join the plant of love, And with their scent and shade enrich yo tonnent thy view ! What painful struggles of thy dying crew! Thy perish 'd hopes all buried in the...
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The shipwreck, a poem by W. Falconer, with a sketch of his life

William Falconer - Shipwrecks - 1811 - 118 pages
...speedier end of anguish knew, And prest the stony beach a lifeless crew ! — Next, O unhappy chief! th' eternal doom Of Heaven decreed thee to the briny tomb...view ! What painful struggles of thy dying crew! Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the flood, O'erspread with corses! red with human blood! So, pierc'd with...
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The shipwreck, a poem. With additional notes, and a sketch of the author's ...

William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pages
...speedier end of anguish knew, And prest the stony beach, a lifeless Crew ! — Next, O unhappy Chief! th' eternal doom Of Heaven decreed thee to the briny tomb...view ! What painful struggles of thy dying Crew ! Thy perish'd hopes all buried in the flood, . O'ersprcad with corses f red with human blood ! So, pierc'd...
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