 Ingulf d, all help of art we vainly try, To weather leeward shores, alas ! too nigh ; Our crazy bark no longer can abide The seas, that thunder o'er her batter'd side ; And while the leaks a fatal warning give That in this raging sea she cannot live,...  The Shipwreck: A Poem in Three Cantos - Page 95by William Falconer - 1803 - 165 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...top i)igh. • Quf Our crazy bark no longer can abide The feas that thunder o'er her batter'd fide : And, while the leaks a fatal warning give, That in this raging fea fhe cannot live. One only refuge from defpair we find; At once to wear and feud before the wind.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...alas ! too nigh. Our crazy bark no longer can abide The feas that thunder o'er her batter'd fide : And, while the leaks a fatal warning give, That in this raging fea (he cannot live, One only refuge from defpair we find ; At once to wear and feud before the wind... | |
 | William Falconer - Scottish poetry - 1802 - 192 pages
...adversity, still bear The firmest front when greatest ills are near ! The truth, tho' grievous, I njust now reveal, That long in vain I purpos'd to conceal....warning give, That in this raging sea she cannot live, £05 One only refuge from despair we find ; At once to wear and scud before the wind. Perhaps even... | |
 | William Falconer - Scottish poetry - 1802 - 132 pages
...alas ! too nigh. Our erazy bark no longer ean abide The feas that thunder o'er her batter'd fide : And, while the leaks a fatal warning give, That in this raging fea flie eannot live, 8o5 One only refuge from defpair we find ; At onee to wear and feud before the... | |
 | William Falconer - English poetry - 1803 - 224 pages
...near! The truth, tho' grievous, I must now reveal, That long in vain I purpos'd to conceal. Ingulf d, all help of arts we vainly try, 800 To weather leeward...only refuge from despair we find; At once to wear und scud before the wind. Perhaps even then to ruin we may steer; For broken shores beneath our lee... | |
 | William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - Shipwrecks - 1804 - 292 pages
...now reveal, " That long in vain I purposed to conceal : " Ingulfed, all help of art we vainly try " To weather leeward Shores, alas! too nigh: " Our crazy...longer can abide " The Seas, that thunder o'er her battered side ; " And, while the leaks a fatal warning give " That in this raging Sea she cannot live,... | |
 | William Falconer - Shipwrecks - 1806 - 240 pages
...! The truth, tho' grievous, I must now reveal, That long in vain I purpos'd to conceal. Ingulf 'd, all help of arts we vainly try, 800 To weather leeward...no longer can abide The seas that thunder o'er her batterM side : And, while the leaks a fatal warning give That in this raging sea she cannot live, 805... | |
 | William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...must now reveal, That long in vain I purposed to conceal : Ingulfed, all help of art we vainly try To weather leeward shores, alas ! too nigh : Our crazy...no longer can abide The seas that thunder o'er her battered side ; And, while the leaks a fatal warning give That in this raging sea she cannot live,... | |
 | William Falconer, Thomas Park - English poetry - 1809 - 184 pages
...purpos'd to conceal : Ingnlfd, all help of art we vainly try To weather leeward shores, alas ! too uigh : Our crazy bark no longer can abide The seas that thunder...warning give That in this raging sea she cannot live, One only refuge from despair we find — At once to wear and scud before the wind : Perhaps ev'n then... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...1 must now reveal, That long in vain I purpos'd to conceal : IngulfM, all help of art we vainly try To weather leeward shores, alas ! too nigh : Our crazy...warning give That in this raging sea she cannot live, One only refuge from despair we find — At once to wear and scud before the wind : Perhaps e'en then... | |
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