 | Richard Lobb - 1817
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide; then shuts, And opens wider ; shuts...Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosened aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling ; peal on peal Crushed horrible, convulsing... | |
 | James Thomson - Poetry - 1818 - 287 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts, And opens wider ; shuts...peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing heaven and earth. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone-descending rain. Wide-rent, the clouds Pour a whole... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 436 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds ; till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts And opens wider ; shuts...blaze: Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deep'ning, mingling ; peal on peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing heav'n and earth. ACCENT. RULE.—... | |
 | John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge Shecut - 1819 - 260 pages
...frequent recurrence of thunder and lightning, among the merciful visitations of Providence ; and while the aggravated roar, " Enlarging, deepening, mingling...on peal, *' Crush'd horrible, convulsing heaven and eartbV " • They should tremble and adore 1" Whirlwinds. From the contiguity of South-Carolina to... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds ; till overhead a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts And opens wider ; shuts...peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing heaven and earth. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail Or prone descending rain.. Wide rent, the clouds Pour a whole... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds: till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide; then shuts, And opens wider; shuts...peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing Heaven and earth. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone-descending rain. Wide-rent, the clouds Pour a whole... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 346 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds ; till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts, And opens wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping aether in a blaze : Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deep'ning, mingling ; peal on... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 131 pages
...curve, and more The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of li vid flame discloses wide ; then shute, And opens wider: shuts and opens still Expansive,...peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing heaven and earth. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone-descending rain. Wide rent, the clouds Pour a whole... | |
 | John Kitto - 1825
...lightnings flash al;\rgc-r curve, and more The noise astounds : till over heiul a sheer Of livid nre discloses wide ; then shuts, And opens wider ; shuts...Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosened aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling ; peal on peal CrushM horrible, convulsing... | |
 | Samuel Stennett (the younger.) - 1825
...under that title, composed for the. Organ by Mr. Baker, Stafford. Till over head a sheet Of lived flame discloses wide, then shuts And opens wider; shuts...Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze : Follows the loose and aggravated roar, Enlarging, deep'ning, mingling, peal on peal, Crush'd horrible, convulsing... | |
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... explosion vast, The thunder raises his tremendous voice. At first heard solemn o'er the verge of heaven, The tempest growls; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds:... 
