 Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun; While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost, The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's * fate, As with first prow...  The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Pagina 192di English poets - 1790Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | James Thomson - 1730 - 260 pagine
...Mjferable they ; Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their laft look of the defending fun J 680 While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold froft, The long long night, incumbent o'er their head, Falls horrible. Such was the* Briton's fate, As with firft prow, ( What have not Britons dar'd.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1757 - 244 pagine
...life, -that from the dreary months Flies confcious fouthward. Miferable they ! 920 Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their laft look of the...BRITONS dar'd !) He for the paflage fought, attempted fince So much in vain, and feeming to be fhut By jealous Nature with eternal bars. In thefe fell regions,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1763 - 458 pagine
...life, that from the dreary months Flies confcious fouthward. Miferable they ! 920 Who, here intangled in the gathering ice, Take their laft look of the...full of death, and fierce with tenfold froft, * The other Uemi'plicrc. The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the *... | |
 | James Thomson - 1766 - 266 pagine
...life, that from the dreary months Flies confcious fouthward. Miferable they ! 920 Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their laft look of the...incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the f BUI-TON'S fate, 925 As with frft prow, (what have notBiuTONS dar'd !) He for the paffage fought,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1769 - 218 pagine
...other Hemifphere. Who , here entangled in the gathering ice , Take their laft look of the descending fun ; While , full of death , and fierce with tenfold...Falls horrible. Such was the * BRITON'S fate, .925 As wither/? prow, (what have not BRITONS dai'd !) He for the paflage fought, attempted fince So much in... | |
 | James Thomson - 1774 - 272 pagine
...920 Who, here entangled in the gath'ring ice,. Take their laft look of the defcending fun ; \\%ile, full of death, and fierce with tenfold froft, The...incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the f BRITON'S fate, 925 As with firjl prow, (what have not BRITONS dar'd!) He for the paflage fought,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 304 pagine
...life, that from the dreary months Flies confcious fouthwarcl. Miferable they ! 920 \Vho, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their laft look of the...heads, Falls horrible. Such was the * Briton's fate, 915 As \vith firft prow, (what have not Briton's dar'd !) He for the paflage fought, attempted fince... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 280 pagine
...Miferable they ! 910 Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their laft look of the dcfcending fun ; While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold...heads, Falls horrible. Such was the * Briton's fate, 9z5 As with firft prow, (what have not Briton's dar'd !) He for the paffage fought, attempted fince... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 492 pagine
...fhip was frozen in, while he and all his company perifhed : -Such was the Briton's fate, As with firft prow (what have not Britons dar'd) He for the paflage fought, attempted fince So much in vain, and feeming to be fhut By jealous nature with eternal bars. In thefe fell regions,... | |
 | John Bell - 1787 - 510 pagine
...MiferablC they 9ao Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their laft look of the defeending fun ! While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold...their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's fatei, 925 As with £rft prow (what have not Britons dar'd !) He for the paflage fought, attempted... | |
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