| Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...nod, The forest shakes ; earth trembles as he trod, 30 And felt the footsteps of th' immortal god. From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And, at the fourth, the distant &gx shook. Far in the bay his shining palace stands, Eternal frame'! not rais'd by mortal hands : 35... | |
| John Smith, George Canning, Robert Percy Smith, John Hookham Frere - 1809 - 176 pages
...the dark cave where little Tom was." Of NEPTUNE'S passage from Samothrace to Troy, Homer s. • =, From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And at the fourth the distant Egee shook. " W hich" says his commentator, " is pretty near a degree at each step." — But let the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...mountains nod, The forest shakes ! Earth trembled as he trod, And felt the footsteps of th' immortal god. From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And, at the fourth, the distant ¿Egae shook. Far in the bay his shining palace stands, Eternal frame ! not rais'd by mortal hands : This having... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...nod, The forest shakes ! Earth trembled as he trod, And felt the footsteps of th' immortal god. ?rom realm to realm three ample strides he took, And, at the fourth, the distant /F.ga? shook. Kir in the b!iy his shining palace stands, Ktcrnal frame ! not rais'd by mortal hands... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 344 pages
...~) The forests shake ! earth trembled as he trod, V. And felt the footsteps of the' immortal god. j From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And, at the fourth, the distant -JEgae shook. Far in the bay his shining palace stands, Eternal frame ! not rais'd by mortal hands:... | |
| Homer - 1822 - 342 pages
...nod, The forests shake ! earth trembled as he trod, And felt the footsteps of the' immortal god. _ From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And, at the fourth, the distant .ffigse shook. Far in the bay his shining palace stands, Eternal frame ! not rais'd by mortal hands:... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 348 pages
...mountains nod, The forests shake ! earth trembled as he trod, And felt the' footsteps of the' immortal god. From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And, at the fourth, the distant JEgK shook. Far in the bay his shining palace stands, Eternal frame ! not raised by mortal hands :... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...says, Of Neptune's passage from Samothrace to Troy, jefaT " !iv TO 5: -riTgarm, "tun TIK/UWJ, u 2 t From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And...his commentator, ' is pretty near a degree at each step.'—But let the reader candidly examine both the passages, and make fair allowance for the unavoidable... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...nod, The forest shakes : earth tremhled as he trod, 30 And felt the footsteps of the immortal god. Жgie shook. Far in the hay hie shining palace stands, Eternal frame ! not raised hy mortal hands ;... | |
| William Grisenthwaite - Genius - 1830 - 104 pages
...mountains nod, The forest shakes: earth trembled as he trod, And felt the footsteps of the immortal God. From realm to realm three ample strides he took, And, at the fourth, the distant ^Egae shook." That this is a sublime description no one can deny. It is a picture drawn by a master-hand, which fills... | |
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