 At last the roused-up river pours along. Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes From the rude mountain and the mossy wild, Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far; Then o'er the sanded valley floating spreads, Calm, sluggish, silent...  Memoir of the life of David Cox - Page 326by Nathanael Neal Solly - 1873 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 268 pages
...torrent swell'd. And the mix'd ruin of its banks o'erspread, At last the rous'd-up river pours along: Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes, From...and the mossy wild, Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far; Then o'er the sanded valley floating spreads, Calm, sluggish, silent; till again,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 438 pages
...torrent swell'd, And the mix'd ruin of its banks o'erspread , At last the rons'd-up river pours along ; Resistless , roaring , dreadful , down it comes ,...and the mossy wild , Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far; Then o'er the sanded valley floating spreads , Calm , sluggish , silent ; till again... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
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 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...torrent swell'd, And the mix'd ruin of its banks o'erspread, At last the roused-up river pours along : Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes, From...and the mossy wild, Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far; Then o'er 'the sanded valley Moating spreads, Calm, sluggish, silent; till again,... | |
 | 1839 - 890 pages
...torrent swell'd, And the mix'd ruin of its banks o'erspread, At last the rous'd up river poura along : Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes, From the rude mountain and the mossy wild, Tumbling thro' rocks abrupt and sounding far, Then o'er the fertile valley floating spreads, Calm, sluggish,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...torrenti swell'd, And the mix'd ruin of its banks o'erspread, At last the rous'd-up river pours along ; Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes, From the rude mountain, and the mossy wildr Tumbling thro' rocks abrupt, and sounding far ; 21 \Viiere rocks and woods o'er hang the turbid... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...torrent swell'd. And the i nix M ruin of its hanks o'erspread, At last the rous'd-up river pours along : Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes, From...and the mossy wild, Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far ; Then o'er the sanded valley floating spreads, Calm, sluggish, silent; till again... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...torrent BweH'd, And thejntx'd ruin of its banks o'erspread,At laBt4raurous'd-up rirer pours along: Resistless^ roaring, dreadful, down it comes, From the rude mountain, and the mossy wild, Tumbling thro* rocks abrupt, and sounding far, ThgiLo'er the sanded valley floating spreads, ~ CaRnf sluggish,... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 834 pages
...torrent swelTd, And the mixed ruin of its banks o'erspreail, At last the rotis'd-up river pours along; Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes, From...and the mossy wild, Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far; Then o'er the sanded valley floating spreads, Calm, sluggUh, silent."* The flat houghs... | |
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