The shipwreck (embellished with engr. from the designs of R. Westall).1822 |
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... flies , Where other suns to other systems rise . These front the scene conspicuous ; overhead Albion's proud oak his filial branches spread : While on the seabeat shore obsequious stood Beneath their feet the father of the flood : Here ...
... flies , Where other suns to other systems rise . These front the scene conspicuous ; overhead Albion's proud oak his filial branches spread : While on the seabeat shore obsequious stood Beneath their feet the father of the flood : Here ...
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... Where curling billows rouse the fearful deep : Still round and round the fluid vortex flies , Diffusing briny vapours o'er the skies . This vast phenomenon , whose lofty head In Heaven immersed 62 C. II . THE SHIPWRECK .
... Where curling billows rouse the fearful deep : Still round and round the fluid vortex flies , Diffusing briny vapours o'er the skies . This vast phenomenon , whose lofty head In Heaven immersed 62 C. II . THE SHIPWRECK .
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... fly . The guns were primed ; the vessel northward veers , Till her black battery on the column bears : The nitre fired ; and , while the dreadful sound Convulsive shook the slumbering air around , The watery volume , trembling to the ...
... fly . The guns were primed ; the vessel northward veers , Till her black battery on the column bears : The nitre fired ; and , while the dreadful sound Convulsive shook the slumbering air around , The watery volume , trembling to the ...
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... flies . While the swoln canvass bends the masts on high , Low in the wave the leeward cannon lie . The master calls , to give the ship relief , 6 The topsails lower , and form a single reef ! ' Each lofty yard with slacken'd cordage ...
... flies . While the swoln canvass bends the masts on high , Low in the wave the leeward cannon lie . The master calls , to give the ship relief , 6 The topsails lower , and form a single reef ! ' Each lofty yard with slacken'd cordage ...
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... fly ; Its weight the topsails can no more sustain— ' Reef topsails , reef ! ' the master calls again . The halyards and top bowlines soon are gone , The cluelines and reeftackles next they run : The shivering sails descend ; the yards ...
... fly ; Its weight the topsails can no more sustain— ' Reef topsails , reef ! ' the master calls again . The halyards and top bowlines soon are gone , The cluelines and reeftackles next they run : The shivering sails descend ; the yards ...
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Albert anguish appears array'd backstays beneath billows blast bloom bosom Bowlines braced brails breast breath bursts Candia CANTO clouds cluegarnet crew cruel danger death deck deep descend dire distress doom'd downhaul dreadful eternal eyes faithless Falconer fastened fatal fate flame flies fore foremast foresail furled gale glow Greece groan halyards heart Heaven helm High o'er hope horrors hostile hour JOHN SHARPE kindling larboard leeward maid mainsail mast melt mizen mournful Nature's numbers o'er oppress'd pain Palemon plain prow rage reef renown'd RICHARD WESTALL roar Rodmond roll ropes round ruin sacred sailors sails scene scud seamen shade sheet ship ship's SHIPWRECK shore shrouds side skies smile soft soon soul stand starboard staysail stern storm strains surge sweet swelling Swift tempest terror thou thundering tide toils topgallant mast topropes topsails trembling vessel wandering watery wave wind windlass windward yard yardarm youth
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Page 124 - He guides the unhappy victim to the shroud : " Hie thee aloft, my gallant friend ! " he cries ; " Thy only succour on the mast relies.
Page 145 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf 'ning clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?
Page 105 - While, daslTd apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the waters glow; Her joints forget their firm elastic tone, Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan: Upheaved behind her in tremendous height The billows frown, with fearful radiance bright...
Page 131 - O'er the dire prospect as for life he strives, He looks if poor Palemon yet survives — 'Ah wherefore, trusting to unequal art, Didst thou, incautious ! from the wreck depart ? Alas ! these rocks all human skill defy ; Who strikes them once, beyond relief must die : And now sore wounded, thou perhaps art tost On these, or in some oozy cavern lost...
Page 126 - O yet confirm my heart, ye powers above, This last tremendous shock of fate to prove ; The tottering frame of reason yet sustain ; Nor let this total ruin whirl my brain. In vain the cords and axes were prepared, For now th...
Page 130 - Albert grasps the floating mast. His soul could yet sustain this mortal blow, But droops, alas ! beneath superior woe ; For now...
Page 136 - Shouldst thou th' unwilling messenger of fate, " To him the tragic story first relate, " Oh ! friendship's generous ardour then suppress ! .' Nor hint the fatal cause of my distress : " Nor let each horrid incident sustain " The lengthen'd tale to aggravate his pain. " Ah then remember well my last request, " For her who reigns for ever in my breast ; " Yet let him prove a father and a friend, " The helpless maid to succour and defend.
Page 81 - Then, hurl'd from sounding hinges o'er the side, Thundering they plunge into the flashing tide. The ship, thus eased, some little respite finds In this rude conflict of the seas and winds : Such ease Alcides felt, when, clogg'd with gore, The...
Page 27 - Or point her devious track through climes unknown That leads to every shore and every zone. He saw the moon through heaven's blue conclave glide, And into motion charm the expanding tide, While earth impetuous round her axle rolls, Exalts her watery zone, and sinks the poles...
Page 118 - Again to flank the tempest she might reel : The steersmen every bidden turn apply, To right and left the spokes alternate fly. Thus, when some conquer'd host retreats in fear, The bravest leaders guard the broken rear ; Indignant they retire, and long oppose Superior armies that around them close ; Still shield the flanks, the routed squadrons join, And guide the flight in one continued line : Thus they direct the flying bark before The impelling floods, that lash her to the shore.