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" Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair, and placid ; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots and shakes the country round. At first an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees,... "
Sketches of Some of the Southern Counties of Ireland: Collected During a ... - Page 142
by George Holmes - 1801 - 210 pages
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The Edinburgh Entertainer: Containing Historical and Poetical Collections ...

1750 - 372 pages
...down the fteep It thundering moots, and lhakes the country round. At. firft, an azure meet, it ruihes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-refoianding rocks below Dafh'd in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft A hoary mift, and forms a ceafelefs...
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An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August, 1773

William Hutchinson - 1774 - 206 pages
...the deep *' It thundering Ihoots, and (hakes the country round. " At firft, an azure fheet it rufhes, broad ; " Then whitening by degrees as prone it falls, '' And from the loud refounding rocks below, " Dafhed in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft " A hoary mift, and forms...
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An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland;: With a ..., Volume 86

William Hutchinson - 1776 - 400 pages
...down the fteep It thundering fhoots, and fhakes the country round. At firft, an azure fheet it rufhes, broad; Then whitening by degrees as prone it falls, And from the loud refounding rocks below, Dafhed in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft A hoary mift, and forms a ceafelefs...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...down the fteep It thundering lhoots, and fhakes the country round. At firft, an azure fheet, it rufhes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-refounding rocks below Daih'd in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft A hoary mift, and forms a ceafelefs...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, 595 And from the loud- resounding rocks below Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft...hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the tortur'd wave here find repose ; But, raging still amid the shaggy rocks, 600 Now flashes o'er the...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 9

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...down the fteep It thundering (hoots, and (bakes the country roufl At firft, an azure (heet, it rufhcs broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-refounding rocks below Dafh'd in a cloud of foam, it fend* aloft A haiy mift, and forms a ceafekfs...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...sheet , it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees , as prone it falls, And from the loud - resounding rocks below Dash'd in a cloud of foam , it sends aloft...hoary mist , and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the tortur'd wave here find repose : But , raging still amid the shaggy rocks , 5fow flashes o'er the scatter'd...
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The Cambrian Directory, Or, Cursory Sketches of the Welsh Territories: With ...

1800 - 236 pages
...fteep " It thundering ftioots, and fhakes the country round. " At firft an azure fheet, it nifties broad; " Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, " And from the loud-refounding rocks below " Dafh'd in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft " A hoary mift, and forms a...
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The Cambrian directory, or, Cursory sketches of the Welsh territories, with ...

Cambrian directory - 1800 - 238 pages
..." It thundering fhoots, and fhakes the country round. F 3 "At " At firft an azure ineet, it rulhes broad ; " Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, " And from the loud-refounding rocks below " Dafti'd in a cloud of foam, it fends aloft " A hoary mift, and forms...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...street, it ushers broad ; c J Then whitening by degrees as prone it falls ; And from the loud -resounding rocks below Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft...,< . , - But, raging still among the shaggy rocks, Mow flashes o'er the scattcr'd fragments, now Aslant the hollowed channel rapid darts ; And falling...
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