 Giant of air! we bid thee hail! — How his gray skirts toss in the whirling gale; How his huge and writhing arms are bent, To clasp the zone of the firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space.  The Tuftonian - Page 1201895Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Gulian Crommerlin Verplanck - Gift books - 1827 - 332 pages
...firmament ! And fold at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain, the visible space ! Darker — still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The...crashing, long and loud Of the chariot of God, in the thunder cloud ! You may trace its path, by the flashes that start From the rapid wheels where'er they... | |
 | 1832 - 606 pages
...to mountain the visihle space ! Darker — still darker ! the whirlwinds hear The dust of the plaius to the middle air : And hark to the crashing, long...God in the thunder-cloud ! You may trace its path hy the flashes that start From the rapid wheels where'er they dart, As the fire-holts leap to the world... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1834 - 272 pages
...firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker — still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The...crashing, long and loud, Of the chariot of God in the thunder cloud! You may trace its path by the flashes that start From the rapid wheels where'er they... | |
 | Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 390 pages
...firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker — still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The...loud, Of the chariot of God in the thunder-cloud. In a completely opposite yet equally happy strain is the poem on " Autumn." Our readers must know that... | |
 | Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 392 pages
...From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker — still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The dnst of the plains to the middle air : And hark to the...loud, Of the chariot of God in the thunder-cloud. In a completely opposite yet equally happy strain is the poem on " Autumn." Our readers must know that... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain, the visible space Darker — still darker! the whirlwinds bear The dust of the plains to the middle nir:. And hark to the crashing, lonz and loud, Of the chariot of God in the thonder-clood ! You may... | |
 | 1847 - 522 pages
...dark enibrace, From mountain to mountain, tho visible spaeo. Darker ! still darker 1 the whirlwind's bear, The dust of the plains to the middle air ; And...start From the rapid wheels where'er they dart, As the flrc-bolts leap to the world below, And flood the sky with a lurid glow. What roar is that ? Tis the... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pages
...firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker— still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The dust...start From the rapid wheels where'er they dart, As the h'rebolts leap to the world below, And flood the sky with a livid glow." Cowper, too, had as much philosophy... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...firmament, And fold at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker — still darker! the whirlwinds bear The dust...start From the rapid wheels where'er they dart, As the lire-bolts leap to the world below, And flood the skies with a lurid glow. LXII— DEATH OF HARRISON.... | |
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