The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... trembling mountains , by a lowly nod , With reverence struck , confess'd the God : On Sion's holy hill he took his stand , Grasping omnipotence in his right hand ; Then mighty earthquakes rock'd the ground , And the Sun darken'd as he ...
... trembling mountains , by a lowly nod , With reverence struck , confess'd the God : On Sion's holy hill he took his stand , Grasping omnipotence in his right hand ; Then mighty earthquakes rock'd the ground , And the Sun darken'd as he ...
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... trembling Pagan nation , Th ' Almighty ruin dealt , and ghastly desolation . But why , ah ! why , O Sion , reigns Wide wasting Havock o'er thy plains ? Ah , me ! Destruction is abroad ! Vengeance is loose , and Wrath from God ! See ...
... trembling Pagan nation , Th ' Almighty ruin dealt , and ghastly desolation . But why , ah ! why , O Sion , reigns Wide wasting Havock o'er thy plains ? Ah , me ! Destruction is abroad ! Vengeance is loose , and Wrath from God ! See ...
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... tremble while he seeks his prey : Dreadful he grins , he rends the savage brood With unsheath'd paws , and churns the ... trembling ground ; He snuffs the promis'd battle from afar , [ war : Neighs at the captains , shouts , and thunder ...
... tremble while he seeks his prey : Dreadful he grins , he rends the savage brood With unsheath'd paws , and churns the ... trembling ground ; He snuffs the promis'd battle from afar , [ war : Neighs at the captains , shouts , and thunder ...
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... trembling trees ; Hark ! the night - warbler , from yon vocal boughs , Glads every valley with melodious woes ! Swift through the air her rounds the swallow takes , Or sportive skims the level of the lakes . The timorous deer , swift ...
... trembling trees ; Hark ! the night - warbler , from yon vocal boughs , Glads every valley with melodious woes ! Swift through the air her rounds the swallow takes , Or sportive skims the level of the lakes . The timorous deer , swift ...
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... tremble , and her bosom heaves ; Sudden in bursts of fire eruptions rise , And whirl the torn battalions to the skies . Thus earthquakes , rumbling with a thundering sound , Shake the firm world , and rend the cleaving ground ; Rocks ...
... tremble , and her bosom heaves ; Sudden in bursts of fire eruptions rise , And whirl the torn battalions to the skies . Thus earthquakes , rumbling with a thundering sound , Shake the firm world , and rend the cleaving ground ; Rocks ...
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