 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 strani
...either a lover or a tyrant, but every reader is interested when he hears that " Creation sleeps; 't is as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause— An awful pause—prophetic of its end." " This," said he, " is true ; but remember that taking the... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 strani
...rayless' majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world\ Silence', how dead' ! and darkness', how profound' ! Nor eye', nor listening...pulse Of life stood still', and Nature made a pause', An awful' pause ! prophetic of her end\ The bell strikes one'. We take no note' of time But from its... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 strani
...scepter o'er a slumb'ring world : Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the...pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause, An awful pause, prophetic of her end. Sleep. Tir'd Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 strani
...dead ! and darkness, how profound Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds; ' Creation sleeps, "i'is as the general pulse . ' Of life stood still, and nature made a pause, An awful pause,- prophetic of her end. Tir'd Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world,... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 370 strani
...o'er a slumb'ring world. " Silence how dread ! and darkness how profound ! " Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds ; " Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the...pulse " Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; " An awful pause ! prophetic of her end." Again, his appeal to the Divine Inspirer of his solemn... | |
 | Stephen Burroughs - 1835 - 372 strani
...o'er a slumbering world ; " Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor listenipg ear, an object finds : Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the...pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause, An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon lulnll'd; " Fate ! drop the curtain... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 strani
...either a lover or a tyrant, but every reader is interested when he hears that " Creation sleeps ; 't is as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; An awful pause — prophetic of its end." " This," said he, " is true ; but remember that, taking... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 strani
...a lover or a tyrant, but every reader is interested when he hears that " Creation sleeps ; 't is ag the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; An awful pause — prophetic of its end." " This," said he, " is true ; but remember that, taking... | |
 | 1837 - 646 strani
...Young — who has ever surpassed the awful and well-known description of the silence of night ? — " Creation sleeps ; 'tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause." — Night Third. Or the vivid portrait of a person terrified at his perilous situation, where " hopes... | |
 | Edward Young - 1837 - 310 strani
...rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. H0 Silence how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. "I'is as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pauie : An awful pause ! prophetic... | |
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Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Silence how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds : Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general... 
