 Upon the billows rising — all the deep Is restless change ; the waves so swell'd and steep, Breaking and sinking, and the sunken swells, Nor one, one moment, in its station dwells : But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their...  The Borough: A Poem in Twenty-four Letters - Page 12by George Crabbe - 1810 - 330 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...station dwells : Bat 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. Stanzas. Let me not have this gloomy view About my room, around my bed; But morning roses, wet with... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 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,...force. And then re-flowing, take their grating course, Baking the rounded flints, which ages past JJoll'd by their rage, and shall to ages last. Far off,... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 pages
...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...course, Raking the rounded flints, which ages past Roiled by their rage, and shall to ages last. Far off the Petrel in the troubled way Swims with her... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 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 reflowing take their grating course,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 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 ; L'url'd as they come, they strike with furious force, And then, re-flowing, take their grating course,... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1858 - 588 pages
...reclaim : — " There, near the land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach,...rounded flints, which, ages past Roll'd by their rage, will still to ages last." A second region is the CIRCUM-LITTORAL, or LAMINARIAN ZONE, so called from... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...station dwells: But nearcr 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 strctch ; Curl'd as they come, they strike with furious force. And then, re-flowing, take their grating... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 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, reflowing, take their grating course,... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 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,...force. And then re-flowing, take their grating course, Baking the rounded flints, which ages past Roll'd by their rage, and shall to ages last. Far off, the... | |
 | Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 pages
...watch the mightiest till the shoal they roach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; Curled as they come, they strike with furious force, And...course, Raking the rounded flints, which ages past Rolled by their rage, and shall to ages last. Far off the Petrel in the troubled way, Swims with her... | |
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