... screams ! When were thy shoulders mantled in huge streams .* When, from the sun, was thy broad forehead hid ? How long is't since the mighty power bid Thee heave to airy sleep from fathom dreams ? Sleep in the lap of thunder or sunbeams, Or when grey... The Donegal highlands [by J. MacDevitt]. - Page 131by James MacDevitt (bp. of Raphoe.) - 1866Full view - About this book
| 1820 - 774 pages
...when grey clouds are thy cold coverlid. Thou answer's! not, for thou an dead asleep ; Thy life is hut two dead eternities — The last in air, the former in the deep ; First with the whale*, last with the eagto-fkies— Drown'd wast Uaou till an calUiquakc made thee steep, Another... | |
| 1820 - 784 pages
...sleep from fathom dreams ? Sleep in the lap of thunder or sunbeams. Or when grey clouds are thy cold coverlid. Thou answer'st not, for thou art dead asleep...last with the eagle-skies — Drown'd wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep, Another cannot wake thy giant size. rThe first of these compositions... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 pages
...clouds are thy cold coverlid ! Thou answerest not, for thou art dead asleep ; Thy life is but two dread eternities ; The last in air, the former in the deep, — First with the whales, last with the eagle skies ; — Drowned wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep,Another cannot bow thy giant... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 pages
...clouds are thy cold coverlid ! Thou answerest not, for thou art dead asleep ; Thy life is but two dread eternities ; The last in air, the former in the deep,— First with the whales, last with the eagle skies ; — Drowned wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep,. Another cannot bow thy giant... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 pages
...clouds are thy cold coverlid ! Thou answerest not, for thou art dead asleep ; Thy life is but two dread eternities ; The last in air, the former in the deep,— First with the whales, last with the eagle skies ; — Drowned wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep,— Another cannot bow thy giant... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pages
...sleep from fathom dreams ? Sleep in the lap of thunder or sunbeams, Or when gmy clouds are thy cold cover-lid ? Thou answer'st not, for thou art dead...last with the eagle-skies — Drown'd wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep, Another cannot wake thy giant size. EPISTLES. Among the rest a shepherd... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 pages
...fathom dreams ? Sleep in the lap of thunder or sunbeams, Or when gray clouds are thy cold cover-lid Î Thou answer'st not, for thou art dead asleep ! Thy...the former in the deep ; First with the whales, last wilh the eagle-skies — Drown'd wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep, Another cannot wake... | |
| John Keats - 1841 - 254 pages
...Sleep in the lap of thunder or sun-beams, Or when grey clouds are thy cold cover-lid ? Thou answer's! not, for thou art dead asleep ! Thy life is but two...last with the eagle-skies — Drown'd wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep, Another cannot wake thy giant size. EPISTLES. Among the rest a shepherd... | |
| 1903 - 848 pages
...bulk and majesty, an impression which is finely reproduced in the lines: Dread rock, thy life is two Eternities, The last in air, the former in the deep; First with the whales, last with the eagle skies, Drowned was thou till an earthquake made the steep; Another cannot bow thy giant size.... | |
| John Keats - 1846 - 340 pages
...sleep from fathom dreams ? Sleep in the lap of thunder or sun-beams, Or when grey clouds are thy cold cover-lid ? Thou answer'st not, for thou art dead...last with the eagle-skies — Drown'd wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep, Another cannot wake thy giant size. 144 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. EPISTLES.... | |
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