 Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering...  The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge - Side 1121825Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | H. Wharton Griffith - 1849 - 248 sider
...Steam, afar. Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid «ar ; Or on -wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair...wave their fluttering 'kerchiefs as they move ; Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud : So mighty Hercules... | |
 | R. Yorke Clarke - 1850 - 256 sider
...Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car. Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear, The flying-chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant,...wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move ; Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud. DARWIN. 7 HE main... | |
 | George Willis - 1853 - 322 sider
...unconquer'd Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair...wave their fluttering 'kerchiefs as they move ; Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud : So mighty Hercules... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1853 - 112 sider
...unconquer'd Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair...wave their fluttering 'kerchiefs as they move ; Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud : So mighty Hercules... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 sider
...arm, unconquer'd Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air, Fair...wave their fluttering 'kerchiefs as they move ; Or warrior bands alarm the crowd. gaping And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud : So mighty Hercules... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 sider
...truth, and predicted the future triumph of the steam-engine : Or on wide waving wing expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air, —...Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud." 2. What would he... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 sider
...truth, and predicted the future triumph of the steam-engine : Or on wide waving wing expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air, —...above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they more, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath ike shadowy cloud." 2. What... | |
 | 1858 - 428 sider
...unconquer'd steam, afar Or on wide waving wings expanded bear Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair...crowd. And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud." The first two lines of this prophecy have already been fulfilled, but we hope the last two may not... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 sider
...Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair...Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies sink beneath the shadowy cloud. " So mighty Hercules o'er many a clime Waved his vast mace in Virtue's... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 sider
...Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying-chariot through the fields of air. —Fair crews triumphant,...crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud. ( Born 1730. I Drowned 1769. FALCONER was the son of a poor barber in Edinburgh, and was born there... | |
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