 | Samuel Stennett (the younger.) - 1825 - 334 pages
...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... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 268 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and marc The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts, And opens wider ; shuts...peal on peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing Heaven and Karth. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone descending rain. Wide rent, the clouds Pour a... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons - 1826 - 438 pages
...sheet Of livid flame discloses wide; then shut?, And opens wider; shuts and opens still Expansivo, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling; pe.tl on peal Crush 41 horrible , convulsing heaven and earth. D iwn comes a deluge of sonorous hail,... | |
 | John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1827 - 672 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and mors . The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts And opens wider, shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping «ther in a blaze, Follows the loosened aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...lightnings flash a larger curve, and more 10 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, 5. 'Twas then 'great Marlb'rough's mighty soul was prov'd, That in the shock... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...unkindnesses, and our offences are increased with our obligations. Idem. Till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts, . And opens wider , shuts...loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling. Tfwtnson's Summer. Oh ! friendship's generous ardour then suppress, Nor hint the fatal cause of my... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...lightnings flash a larger carve, 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 looseu'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling; peal on peai Crush'd horrible, convulsing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 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... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...astounds i till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts And opens wider—shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze....the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling—peal on peal Crush'd horrible, convulsing Heaven and earth. XII WINTER. THOMSOX. THE clouds... | |
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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:... 
