 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...roll away, And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky: As Atlas fix'd each hoary pile appears, Thegather'd winter of a thousand years. POPE. A STORM IN A DESERT. So where the wide Numidian wastes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...roll away, And on th' impassive ice the lightning play; F.tcrnal snows the growing mass supply, 'lill the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky ; As Atlas, fix'd, each hoary pile appe.irs, The gather'd winter of a thousand years. On this foundation Fame's high temple stands; Stupendous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...away, 55 And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky; As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather'd winter of a thousand years. 60 On this foundation Fame's high temple stands; Stupendous pile!... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 346 pages
...white in ail-, and glitter o'er the coast t " Pale suns, unfelt, at distance roll away, " And on th' impassive ice the light'nings play ; " Eternal snows...; " As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, " The g-atherM winter of a thousand years." Tliere are five or six different Glaciers, which air terminate... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 344 pages
...roll away, And on the impassive ice the lightnings play; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky; As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather'd winter of a thousand years. I am well aware that neither these nor similar instances will... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - English literature - 1820 - 450 pages
...Rise white in air, and glitter o'er the coast ; Pale suns, unfelt, at distance roll away, And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows...bright mountains, prop th' incumbent sky; As Atlas fixed, each hoary pile appears, The gatheied winter of a thousand years. Having walked a considerable... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...roll away, And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till you to my candour owe, I'll from the disputant descend, To show tbee, I assume the friend gather'd winter of a thousand years. On this foundation Fame's high temple stands ; Stupendous pile... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...roll away, And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky ; As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather'd winter of a thousand years. On this foundation Fame's high temple stands ; Stupendous pile... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 402 pages
...away, ' 55 And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky : As Atlas fix'd each hoary pile appears. The gather'd winter of a thousand years. 60 On this foundation Fame's high temple stands ; Stupendous pile... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 416 pages
...away, 55 And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky : As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather'd winter of a thousand years. 60 NOTES. Ver. 53. So Zembla's rocks] A real lover of painting... | |
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So Zembla's rocks (the beauteous work of frost) Rise white in air, and glitter o'er the coast ; Pale suns, unfelt, at distance roll away, And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop... 
