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" While, dashed apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the waters glow; Her joints forget their firm elastic tone, Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan : Upheaved behind her in tremendous height The billows frown, with fearful radiance... "
The Poetical Works of William Falconer - Page 90
by William Falconer - 1836 - 236 pages
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Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 3

1782 - 516 pages
...wounded bark, thus fmarting with her pain. Scuds, from purfuing waves, along the main; While, dafh'd apart by her dividing prow. Like burning adamant the waters glow : Her joints forget their firm elaftick tone; Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan. Upheay'd behind her, in tremendous height,...
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Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 538 pages
...wounded bark, .thus fmirtinj; with her pii Scuds from purfuing waves along the main ; While, H dh'd apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the waters glow. Her joints forget their firm elaftit tone; Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groin. Uphcav'd behind her, in tremendous height,...
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The Shipwreck

William Falconer - 1802 - 188 pages
...72. In all large ships the helm i: managed by a wheel While, dash'd apart by her dividing prow, 85 Like burning adamant the waters glow. Her joints forget...tone; Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan. Upheav'd behind her, in tremendous height, 90 The billows frown, with fearful radiance bright! Now...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer - 1802 - 150 pages
...wounded bark thus fmarting with her pain,. Scuds from purfuing waves along the main : While, dafh'd apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the waters glow. Her joints forget their firm claftic tone ; Hen long keel trembles, and her timbers groan. * SterUy is the order to fteer the fhip...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem in Three Cantos

William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...helm is managed by a wheel. The agitation of the Ship. While, dash'd apart by her dividing prow, 85 Like burning adamant the waters glow. Her joints forget...tone; Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan. Upheav'd behind her, in tremendous height, 90 The billows frown, with fearful radiance bright i Now...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1804 - 292 pages
...So with resistless haste the wounded Ship Scuds from the chacing waves along the deep; While, dashed apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the...fearful radiance bright; Now quivering o'er the topmost wave she rides, While deep beneath th' enormous gulf divides; Now launching headlong down the horrid...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer - 1808 - 168 pages
...So with resistless haste the wounded Ship Scuds from pursuing waves along the deep ; While, dashed apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the...with fearful radiance bright ; Now quivering o'er the topmast wave she rides, While deep beneath the enormous gulf divides ; Now launching headlong down...
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The shipwreck, with life by R. Carruthers, illustr. by B. Foster

William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...So with resistless haste the wounded ship Scuds from the chasing waves along the deep: While dashed apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the...height The billows frown, with fearful radiance bright; * Steady ! is an order to steer the ship according to the line on which she then advances, without...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 2

English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...: The wounded bark, thus smarting with her pain, Scuds from pursuing waves along the main ; While, dash'd apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant...tone, Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan : Upheav'd behind her, in tremendous height, The billows frown, with fearful radiance bright ; Now...
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The Poetical Works of William Falconer: Collated with the Best Editions

William Falconer, Thomas Park - 1809 - 184 pages
...Scnds from the chasing waves along the deep : While dash'd apart by her dividing prow, Like bnrning adamant the waters glow ; Her joints forget their...tone, Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan: Upheav'd behind her in tremendons height The billows frown, with fearfnl radiance bright ; 1 Steady!...
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