 | Virgil - Agriculture - 1871 - 376 pages
...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." Thomson, Summer. " Her cheeks bewraying As many amorous blushings, which brake out Like forced lightning... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Indiana - 1872 - 382 pages
...curve, and more The noise astounds ; till overhead a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts, v And opens wider; shuts and opens, still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze : Follows the loosened aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling; peal on peal Crushed horrible, convulsing... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 pages
...wide ; then shuts, And opens wider ; slrats and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. mo Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening,...mingling ; peal on peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing heav'n and earth. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone-descending rain. Wide rent, the clouds... | |
 | English poetry - 1874 - 334 pages
...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 and opens still Expansive, wrapping rether in a blaze : Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deep'ning, mingling, peal on peal... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...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. THOMSON : Summer. When loud winds from diffrent quarters rush, Vast clouds encount'ring one another... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds : till over-head a sheet Of livid flame wandering thoughts, end notions vain. Hut apt the...by experience targht, she Icem, That not to know at pe&l Crush'd horrible, convulsing Heaven and Earth. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail. Or prone... | |
 | Mountains - 1876 - 216 pages
...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...Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosened aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling ; peal on peal Crash'd horrible, convulsing... | |
 | Thomas Robinson - Bible - 1876 - 362 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds : till overhead a sheet Of lurid 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 Crush'd horrible, convulsing... | |
 | James Thomson - 1877 - 112 pages
...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...Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosened aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal Crushed horrible, convulsing... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...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...in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Knlargiug, deepening, mingling; peal on peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing heaven and earth. THOMSON... | |
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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:... 
