| William Russell - 1849 - 320 strani
...amaze." 4. — Stillness, and Awe. [NlOHT, FROM THE " NlGHT THOU&HTS."] YffUllg "Creation sleeps : |||l 'tis as the general pulse of life | stood still || And nature made a pause, || an awful pause, || || Prophetic of her end! " 5. — Solemnity, and Triumph. [CiTO, EXDLTINO IN... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 strani
...our weak and unprotected state, and bring with them a faint and obscure image of death and danger. " 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause — An awful pause ! prophetic of her end." Infinity, perhaps, raises the idea of the sublime, by mixing... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 strani
...meetest emblem of death, sat in undisturbed sovereignty upon the habitations of men. Sleep is awful ! " Bruno endeavored to steer clear of this danger is certain. He expressly But the pulse stands not still — Nature makes no pause — the pulse beats onwards to the grave —... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1849 - 80 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. 6. Cheerfulness. Sweet are the uses of adversity, — And this our life, exempt from public haunts,... | |
| Grenville Kleiser - 1906 - 604 strani
...forth Her leaden scepter, 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. "Night Thoughts." YOUNG. 3. Now o'er the one half -world Nature... | |
| Grenville Kleiser - 1906 - 552 strani
...slumbering world. Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an Abject finds; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the /general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. "Night Thoughts." i Yormo. 3. Now o'er the one half -world Nature... | |
| Grenville Kleiser - 1906 - 556 strani
...rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter, o'er a slumbering world. Silence, how dead! and darkness, how profound! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds; Creation sleeps. "Pis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 528 strani
...o'er a slumbering world. 2o 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; 25 An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfilled ; Fate ! drop the... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 strani
...sunshine to the colour of my fate. 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 ; 25 An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfilled ; Fate ! drop the... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 strani
...scepter o'er a slumbering world. 20 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. 25 And let her prophecy be soon fulfilled! Fate, drop the curtain!... | |
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