 O'erwhelming turrets threaten ere they fall ; Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue ; Earth trembles ere her yawning jaws devour ; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 103by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 248 pages
...ye stars! And thou pale moon ! turn paler at the sound, Man is to man the sorest, surest ill Heav'ns Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. .-> YOVKC against arguments and entreaties ; calls huguenots, infidels, papists, or heretics, all who... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...her yawning jaws devour; And smoke betrays the wide consuming fire: Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow....this the flight of fancy ? would it were! Heaven's sov'reign saves all beings but himself, That hideous fight, a naked human heart. FirM is the muse ?... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 238 pages
...her yawning jaws dovour; And smoke betrays the wide consuming fire: Ruin from man is mobt conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy ? Would it were 1 Heav'n's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart Fir'd is... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...her yawning jaws devour; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire: Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow....himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the Muse ? and let the Muse be fiVd : Who not inflam'd when what he speaks be feels, And in... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...her yawning jaws devour; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire: Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow....Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, i;:;-;, hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the Muse ? and let the Muse be fir'd ; Who not... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...her yawning jaws devour ; And smoke betrays the wide consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd 7!'p? 0 ? ? > > >{= > ? ;]; = 3 < $ 8 = ? < <s t N P= <w?(=i?v$$ L; > > > > 6 ? > > > ? ? wercf Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself J'liat hideous sight, a naked human heart! ยง... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...her yawning jaws devour; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow....himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the Muse ? And let the Muse be fir'd : Who not inflam'd, when what he speaks, he feels, And... | |
 | Edward Young - 1810 - 278 pages
...her yawning jaws devour; And smoke betrays the wide consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy? wonld it were! Heav'n's Sovlreign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...her yawning jaws devour ; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the Right of fancy ? Would it were ! Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pages
...wide-consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in I he hlow. Is this the flight of fancy ? Would it were ! Heaven's Sovereign saves all heings, hut himself, That hideous sight, &naked human heart. Fir'd is the Muse ? And let the Muse he... | |
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