God ! when thou Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods And drowns the villages ; when, at thy call, Uprises... The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant - Page 81by William Cullen Bryant - 1903 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
| Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...scare the world with tempests, setl'st on fire The heavens with falling thunderholts, or fill'st With all the waters of the firmament The swift dark whirlwind...power. His pride, and lays his strifes and follies hy • Oh, from these sterner aspects of thy face Spare me and mine, nor let us need the wrath y Of... | |
| 1825 - 574 pages
...scare the world with tempests, sett'st on fire The heavens with falling tbunderbolts, or fill'st With all the waters of the firmament The swift dark whirlwind...uproots the woods And drowns the villages ; when, at tby call, Uprises the great deep and throws himself Upon the continent and overwhelms Its cities —... | |
| American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...scare the world with tempests, sett'st on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill'st With all the waters of the firmament The swift dark whirlwind...throws himself Upon the continent and overwhelms Its cities—who forgets not, at the sight Of these tremendous tokens of thy power, His pride, and lays... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift, dark whirlwind,...power, His pride, and lays his strifes and follies by ? O, from these sterner aspects of thy face Spare me and mine; nor let us need the wrath Of the mad,... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift, dark whirlwind,...power, His pride, and lays his strifes and follies by ? 0, from these sterner aspects of thy face Spare me and mine f- nor let us need the wrath Of the mad,... | |
| 1837 - 830 pages
...Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill With all the waters of the firmament The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods, And drowns the villages. Here an ordinary writer would have preferred the word fright to scare, and omitted the definite article... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 278 pages
...with falling thunderbolts, or fill With all the waters of the firmament, The swift, dark whirKvind, that uproots the woods, And drowns the villages; when,...power, His pride, and lays his strifes and follies by ? O, from these sterner aspects of thy face Spare me and mine ; nor let us need the wrath Of the mad,... | |
| Religious poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...thunderholts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament. The swift, dark whirlwind, that uproot a the woods. And drowns the villages; when, at thy call,...power, His pride, and lays his strifes and follies hy! Oh, from these sterner aspeets of thy face, Spare me and mine; nor let us need the wrath Of the... | |
| American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift, dark whirlwind,...throws himself Upon the continent, and overwhelms Its cities;—who forgets not, at the sight Of these tremendous tokens of thy power, His pride, and lays... | |
| Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift, dark whirlwind,...throws himself Upon the continent, and overwhelms Its cities;—who forgets not, at the sight Of these tremendous tokens of thy power, His pride, and lays... | |
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