 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 strani
...stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Silence, how dead! and darkness, how profound I Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds; Creation...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 loss.... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 strani
...a slumbering world\ Silencev, how dead'! and darkness', how profound^ Nor eye', nor listening earv, an object finds ; Creation sleeps.^ 'Tis as the general...pulse Of life stood still', and nature made a pause\ An awful' pause ! prophetic of her end\ The bell strikes onev. We take no note' of time But from its... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1845 - 352 strani
...slumbering world. Silence how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear can object find : Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause, An awful pause, prophetic of her end. 13. This is the place, the centre of the grove: Here stands the... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 strani
...amaze." 4. — Stillness and Awe. [Night, from the "Night Thoughts."] " Creation sleeps : ||| 't is as the general pulse of life | stood still | And nature made a pause, || an awful pause, || j| Prophetic of her end! " 5. — Solemnity, and Triumph. [Cato, exulting in... | |
 | 1848 - 660 strani
...calm his agitated mind. The evening was suitable for meditation ; as Dr. Young says, " 'Twas as if the general pulse of life stood still, and nature made a pause." While contemplating the heavens above, and the earth beneath, he was led to exclaim, what beauty! what... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1845 - 552 strani
...dread ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tie as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a panse ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end." Again, his appeal to the Divine Inspirer of his solemn... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1846 - 390 strani
...slumbering world. Silence how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear can object find : Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause, An awful pause, prophetic of her end. 13. This is the place, the centre of the grove : Here stands... | |
 | John Prince - 1846 - 490 strani
...season : "Silence how dread ! and darkness bow profound ! Nor eye nor listening car an object finds j Creation sleeps. :Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause." In the triumphal lyric poem, chanted by Deborah and Barak, to celebrate the victory of the children... | |
 | John Prince - 1846 - 480 strani
...appearance of the earth and its objects, during the solemn hours of the night season: "Silence how dread ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. "fis BS the general pulse Of lite stood still, and Nature made a pause." In the triumphal lyric poem,... | |
 | William Russell - 1846 - 394 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 ear an object finds : Creation sleeps. 'T is as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause, — 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... 
