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The Poetical Works of William Falconer - Page 115
by William Falconer - 1836 - 236 pages
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 2

Ashbel Green - 1824 - 500 pages
...prove fatal to us. I thought of the language of the poet, as, I Yooked at these craggy cliffs — " Alas! these rocks all human skill defy, Who strikes them once, beyond relief, must die." We continued sailing near them until 4 o'clock, when a calm ensued. Our captain said nothing to us,...
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The shipwreck, by W. Falconer, with a sketch of his life

William Falconer - 1825 - 126 pages
...waves endures. O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives He looks if poor PALEMON yet survives. Ah wherefore, trusting to unequal art, Didst thou...these, or in some oozy cavern lost ; Thus thought Amos, anxious gazing round, In vain, his eyes no more PALEMON found, The demons of destruction hover...
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The Excellency of the Female Character Vindicated: Being an Investigation ...

Thomas Branagan - 1828 - 298 pages
...waves endures. O'er the dire prospects as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survives. Ah! wherefore, trusting to unequal art, Didst thou, incautious! from the wreck departt Alas! these rocks all human skill defy, Who strikes them once beyond relief must die.And now...
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The Shipwreck, and Other Poems

William Falconer - 1834 - 186 pages
...waves endures. O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survives. Ah wherefore, trusting to unequal art, Didst thou,...depart ? Alas ! these rocks all human skill defy, 4 Who strikes them once beyond relief must die; And now, sore wounded, thou perhaps art tost On these,...
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Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...waves endures. O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemón yet survives. " r timed : For, this, you see, is in our narrow world...And, speaking thus, he patted tenderly The sunburnt Palemón found. The demons of destruction hover nigh, And thick their mortal shafts commission d fly...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pages
...waves endures. O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survives. " l follows, and the cloud moves by, Again he stretches...quite, Save when he wheels direct from shade to light: lost On these, or in some oozy cavern lost!" Thus thought Arion, anxious gazing round, In vain, his...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...waves endures. O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survives. " Ŋf5 Jq K/ + ] =v , , G : щEG Y %" b%:v ӷ22 ѵ e 0 ...9I > F V ` *B<ܩ L"׌ 'H nh G )g ٜ9 NC~ ?) an lost On these, or in some oozy cavern lost !" Thus thought Arion, anxious gazing round. In vain,...
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...waves endures. O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survive*. " lost On these, or in some oozy cavern lost !" Thus thought Arion, anxious gazing round, In vain, his...
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The poetical works of Beattie, Blair and Falconer, with lives ..., Page 89

James Beattie - 1854 - 332 pages
...endures ; O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survives — " Ah ! wherefore, trusting to unequal art, Didst thou,...wreck depart ? Alas ! these rocks all human skill defy ; 720 Who strikes them once, beyond relief must die : And now sore wounded, thou perhaps art tost On...
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The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer: With Lives, Critical ...

James Beattie, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 318 pages
...endures ; O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survives — " Ah ! wherefore, trusting to unequal art, Didst thou, incautious ! from the wreck depart 1 Alas ! these rocks all human skill defy ; 720 Who strikes them once, beyond relief must die : And...
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