The shipwreck, and other poemsH. Mozley, 1818 - 175 pages |
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Albert anguish Arion arms beneath bids billows blast bleeding bloom boatswain bosom bowsprit brails breast breath Candia CANTO canvass charms confest crew cruel dæmons danger death deck deep distant distress doom'd dreadful eternal ev'ry eyes fair faithless fame fatal Fate flame flies foresail gale glow Greece groan heart helm High o'er hope horror hostile hour kindling leeward Lemnos lyre maid mainsail mast melt mournful Muse numbers nymph o'er pain pale Palemon Palemon's Story pangs perils plain pow'rs prow rage reef roar Rodmond roll Rous'd ruin sacred sail sailors Scamander scene scudding seamen secret secret hate seem'd shade ship ship's SHIPWRECK shore side skies smile soft soon soul Stay-sails stern storm strain surge sweet swelling tale tempest terror thee thou thro thunder tide toil topsails trembling vale vessel voice wandering wave weep WILLIAM FALCONER wind wings wound wretch yard youth
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Page 53 - When orient dews impearl the enamell'd lawn ; Than from his sides in bright suffusion flow, That now with gold empyreal seem to glow; Now in pellucid sapphires meet the view, And emulate the soft celestial hue; Now beam a flaming crimson on the eye, And now assume the purple's deeper dye...
Page 38 - The warbling birds exalt their evening lay : Blithe skipping o'er yon hill, the fleecy train Join the deep chorus of the lowing plain ; The golden lime, and orange, there were seen . On fragrant branches of perpetual green ; The crystal streams that velvet meadows lave, To the green Ocean roll with chiding wave. . The glassy Ocean hushed forgets to roar, But trembling murmurs on the sandy shore...
Page 122 - Some, from the main-yardarm impetuous thrown, On marble ridges die without a groan. Three, with Palemon, on their skill depend, And from the wreck on oars and rafts descend. Now on the mountain-wave on high they ride, Then downward plunge beneath th...
Page 39 - Round the charg'd bowl the sailors form a ring ; By turns recount the wond'rous tale, or sing, As love or battle, hardships of the main, Or genial wine, awake the homely strain : Then some the watch of night alternate keep, The rest lie buried in oblivious sleep.
Page 69 - Far other cares the master's mind employ; Approaching perils all his hopes destroy. In vain he spreads the graduated chart, And bounds the distance by the rules of art...
Page 59 - Now to the north, from Afric's burning shore, A troop of porpoises their course explore ; In curling wreaths they gambol on the tide, Now bound aloft, now down the billow glide : Their tracks awhile the hoary waves retain, That burn in sparkling trails along the main. These fleetest coursers of the finny race, When threatening clouds the ethereal vault deface, Their route to leeward still sagacious form, To shun the fury of the approaching storm.
Page 111 - Still with the wheeling stern their force repel. For this assault should either quarter feel, Again to flank the tempest she might reel. The steersmen every bidden turn apply ; To right and left the spokes alternate fly. Thus when some conquer'd host retreats in fear, The bravest leaders guard the broken rear ; Indignant they retire, and long oppose Superior armies that around them close ; Still shield the flanks ; the routed squadrons join ; And guide the flight in one embodied line : So they direct...
Page 129 - Palemon rescued from the wreck ; Take it ! and say, when panting in the wave I struggled life and this alone to save. " My soul, that fluttering hastens to be free, Would yet a train of thoughts impart to thee, But strives in vain ; the chilling ice of death Congeals my blood, and...
Page 123 - His lovely daughter, left without a friend Her innocence to succour and defend, By youth and indigence set forth a prey To lawless guilt, that flatters to betray — While these reflections rack his feeling mind...
Page 44 - The immortal shield from Neptune she received, When first her ,head above the waters heaved ; Loose floated o'er her limbs an azure vest, A figured scutcheon glitter'd on her breast ; There from one parent soil, for ever young, The blooming rose and hardy thistle sprung. Around her head an oaken wreath was seen, Inwove with laurels of unfading green. Such was the sculptured prow ; from van to rear The...