 neath the crystal waters lay, Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once, the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like a weed along, Though, with convulsive throes of pain And heaving breast, he strove in vain ; Then sinking 'neath the infuriate...  America as I Found it - Page 379by Mary Grey Lundie Duncan - 1852 - 380 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Atlantic States - 1845 - 344 pages
...of the noon-day heat, Or 'neath the crystal waters lay Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once, the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like a weed along, Though with convulsive grasp of pain, And heaving breast, he strove in vain, Then sinking 'neath the infuriate tide, Lone... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - American essays - 1845 - 560 pages
...of the noon- day heat, Or 'neath the crystal waters lay Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once the whelming flood grew strong. And bore him like a weed along, Though with convulsive grasp of pain, And heaving breast, he strove in vain, Then sinking 'neath the infuriate tide, Lone... | |
 | 1848 - 808 pages
...once the whelming flood grew strong, And tx>re him like u weed along, Though with convulsive grn?ยก> of pain And heaving breast, he strove in vain, Then...rushing current swept, The lifeless corse its voyage kepi, To where, in narrow gorge comprest, The whirlpool-eddies never rest, Bui boil with wild tumultuous... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1849 - 472 pages
...of the noonday heat, Or 'neath the crystal waters lay, Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once, the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like...lifeless corse its voyage kept, To where, in narrow gorge comprest, The whirling eddies never rest, But boil with wild tumultuous sway, The maelstrom of Niagara.... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1849 - 508 pages
...of the noonday heat, Or 'HIM I h the crystal waters lay, Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once, the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like...weed along, Though, with convulsive throes of pain Ami heaving breast, he strove in vain; Then sinking 'neath the infuriate tide, Lone as he lived, the... | |
 | Mary Grey Lundie Duncan - African-Americans - 1852 - 474 pages
...description of the whirlpool will explain what sights are sometimes to be seen there more graphially than anything I can say : He 'neath the crystal waters...lifeless corse its voyage kept, To where in narrow gorge comprest, The whirling eddies never rest, But boil with wild tumultuous sway, The Maelstrom of Niagara.... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1860 - 408 pages
...of the noonday heat, Or 'neath the crystal waters lay, Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once, the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like...lifeless corse its voyage kept, To where, in narrow gorge comprest, The whirling eddies never rest, But boil with wild tumultuous sway, The maelstrom of Niagara.... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - New York (State) - 1921 - 802 pages
...Unconscious of the noon-day heat. Or 'neath the crystal waters lay Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like a weed along. Though with convulsive grasp of pain, And heaving breast, he strove in vain, Then sinking 'neath the infuriate tide, Lone... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - Niagara Falls - 1921 - 790 pages
...Yet once the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like a weed along, Though with convulsive grasp of pain, And heaving breast, he strove in vain, Then...died. On, by the rushing current swept, The lifeless corpse its voyage kept, To where, in narrow gorge comprest, The whirling eddies never rest. But boil... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1921 - 790 pages
...Unconscious of the noon-day heat, Or 'neath the crystal waters lay Luxuriant, in the swimmer's play. Yet once the whelming flood grew strong, And bore him like a weed along, Though with convulsive grasp of pain, And heaving breast, he strove in vain, Then sinking 'neath the infuriate tide, Lone... | |
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