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The borough: a poem, in twenty-four letters - Page 9
by George Crabbe - 1816
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The reciter: a work particularly adapted to the use of schools; consisting ...

Edward Ward - 1812 - 456 pages
...station dwells : But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in. their watery chase-; May watch the mightiest, till the shoal they reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; Curled as they come, they strike with furious force^ And then, re-Sawing, tsk* their grating course,...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 1

1821 - 438 pages
...station dwells ; But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; Curled a, they come, they strike with furious force, And than renewing, take their grating course,...
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Briefe an eine deutsche Edelfrau über die neuesten englischen Dichter

Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...and steep . Breaking and sinking , and the sunken swells. Nor one, one moment, in its station dwelU: But nearer Land you may the Billows trace, As if contending...reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch; Curfd as they come , they strike with furious force. And then re-ßowing, take theit grating course,...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1821 - 444 pages
...station dwells ; But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; Curled an they come, they strike with furious force, And then re-flowing, take their grating course,...
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The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2

George Crabbe - 1823 - 450 pages
...station dwells : But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; CuiTd as they come, they strike with furious force, And then re-flowing, take their grating course,...
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The Poetical Works of George Crabbe: Complete in One Volume

George Crabbe - 1829 - 348 pages
...And then re-flowing, take their grating eonrse, Baking the ronnded flints, whieh ages past Boll'd hy their rage, and shall to ages last. Far off the petrel in the tronhled way Swims with her hrood, or flutters in the spray; She rises often, often drops again, And...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...rising — all the deep Is restless change ; the waves so swell'd and steep, Breaking and sinking, anil the sunken swells, Nor one, one moment, in its station...by their rage, and shall to ages last. Far off the petril in the troubled way Swims with her brood, or flutters in the spray ; She rises often, often...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: The borough

George Crabbe - 1834 - 336 pages
...station dwells : But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach,...ages last. (') Far off the Petrel in the troubled waySwims with her brood, or flutters in the spray ; She rises often, often drops again, And sports...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: The borough

George Crabbe - 1838 - 338 pages
...station dwells : But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach,...shall to ages last. (') Far off the Petrel in the troubled.way Swims with her brood, or flutters in the spray ; She rises often, often drops again, And...
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The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...station dwells : But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach,...past Roll'd by their rage, and shall to ages last. CAMPBELL. THE POET AND HIS POETRY. [THOMAS CAMPBELL, the Bard of Hope, was born at Glasgow, in 1777,...
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