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" 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... "
The shipwreck (embellished with engr. from the designs of R. Westall). - Page 81
by William Falconer - 1822
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Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...envenom'd mantle from his fide he tore; When, Hung with burning pain, he ilrove too late To flop the fwift career of cruel Fate. Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, Sad harbinger of fevenfold pangs endur'd ! Such, and fo fhort, the paufe of woe me found...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 268 pages
...mantle from his fide he tore : When, ftung with burning pain, he flrove, too late, To flop tlie_iy,ift career of cruel fate. Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, Sud harbinger of feven-fold pangs endur'd ! Such, and fo (hort, the panfeof woe file found...
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Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 538 pages
...feas and winds, Such eafe Alcides felt, when, clogg'd with gore, Th' envenom'd mantle fiom his fide he tore ; When, Stung with burning pain, he Strove,...of cruel fate. Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, Sad harbinger of Sevenfold pangs endur'd ! Such, and fo Short, the paufe of woe She found...
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Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...mantle from his fide he torej When, (lung with burning pain, he ftrove,*too late, To flop the fwift career of cruel fate. Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, Sad harbinger of fcvcnfold pangs endur'd ! Such, and fo (hort, the paufe of woe (he found...
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The Shipwreck

William Falconer - English poetry - 1802 - 188 pages
...upper-deck for its base, or platform. Such ease Alcides felt, when, clogg'd with gore, Th' envenom'd mantle from his side he tore ; When, stung with burning...strove too late To stop the swift career of cruel Fate. 540 Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, Sad harbinger of seven-fold pangs endur'd ! Such,...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer - Scottish poetry - 1802 - 150 pages
...mantle from his fide he tore ; When, ftung -with burning pain, he ftrove too late, To flop the ftvift career of cruel fate. Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, Sad harbinger of feven^fold pangs endur'd ! Such, and fo fhbrt, the paufe of woe fhs found...
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The Shipwreck, a Poem

William Falconer - English poetry - 1803 - 224 pages
...quarterdeck and forecastle, and having the upper-deck for its base, or platform. 63 Violence of the Waves. When, stung with burning pain, he strove too late To stop the swift career of cruel Fate. 540 Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, Sad harbinger of seven-fold pangs endur'd! Such, and...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem in Three Cantos

William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...quarterdeck and forecastle, and having the upper-deck for its base, or platform. Violence of the Waves. When, stung with burning pain, he strove too late To stop the swift career of cruel Fate. ; 540 Yet then his heart one ray of hope procur'd, fead harbinger of seven-fold pangs endur"d ! Such,...
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The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - Shipwrecks - 1804 - 292 pages
...this rude conflict of the Seas and WindsSuch ease ALCIDES felt when, clogged with gore, Th' envenom'd Mantle from his side he tore, When, stung with burning...shades the Deep around, Save when the lightnings in terrific blaze Deluge the cheerless gloom with horrid rays: Above, all Ether fraught with scenes of...
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The shipwreck, with life by R. Carruthers, illustr. by B. Foster

William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...; but when it is considerably deeper, as with six or seven steps, she is then called frigatebuilt. When, stung with burning pain, he strove too late...shades the deep around, Save when the lightnings in terrific blaze Deluge the cheerless gloom with horrid rays: Above, all ether fraught with scenes of...
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