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" That sets its bosom glowing like Love's own Breathless embrace, close-clinging as for life ; — Veined it with gold, and dusted it with gems, Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed Rock-ribs unbreakable ; until at last Earth took her shining... "
Festus: A Poem - Page 146
by Philip James Bailey - 1845 - 416 pages
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The West of Scotland Magazine and Review, Volume 1, Issue 1

English literature - 1844 - 742 pages
...it with gold, and dusted it with gems ; Lin'd it with fire, and round its heart-fire bow'd Bock ribs unbreakable : until at last Earth took her shining...Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds." — BAILEY'S " FKSTUS." The third and last reason which we purpose assigning in proof of the pre-Adamite...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 26

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1845 - 632 pages
...own Breathless embrace, close-clinging as for life ; Veined it with gold, and dusted it with gema. Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed...took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark ball, high up the crowd of worlds.' But let us ascend with the speakers ' through the charred throat...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5

1847 - 722 pages
...gold and dusted it with gems, Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed 1847.] Feslus. [Feb., Rock-ribs unbreakable ; until at last Earth took her...heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds." And here is one still better, from the Parson : " I now, an early riser, love to hail The dreamy struggles...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5

1847 - 722 pages
...round its heart-fire bowed 1847.] Festus. [Feb., Rock-ribs unbreakable ; until at last Earth took lier shining station as a star, In heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds." And here is one still better, from the Parson : " I now, an early riser, love to hail The dreamy st...
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Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 3-4

1847 - 910 pages
...with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed Rock-ribs unbreakable ; until at last Earth took her shinmg station as a star In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds." Bailey's Lucifer far excels Byron's Lucifer in genius, both for poetry and science. The former gives...
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The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art ..., Volume 5

George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - American literature - 1847 - 1376 pages
...with gold and dusted it with gems, Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed 1847.] Festus. Rock-ribs unbreakable ; until at last Earth took her shining station as a star, ID heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds." And here is one still better, from the Parson...
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Festus, a poem [by P.J. Bailey]. By P.J. Bailey

Philip James Bailey - 1852 - 578 pages
...moving, all unmoved. FESTUS. Age here on age Lie heaped like withered leaves. And must it end ? LUCIFEB. God worketh slowly ; and a thousand years He takes...natural Or supernatural, dwell not here would I, Though 'twere to drain profoundest fountains. No ! I love it not, the science nor the scene. I long to know...
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Festus: A Poem

Philip James Bailey - 1852 - 584 pages
...it with gold, and dusted it with gems, Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed Bock-ribs unbreakable ; until at last Earth took her shining...rounded melts away E'en now to its constituent atomies. FESTTTS. It is enough. Though here were posited All secrets of existence, natural Or supernatural,...
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Festus: A Poem

Philip James Bailey - 1857 - 400 pages
...it with gold, and dusted it with gems, Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed Kock-ribs unbreakable ; until at last Earth took her shining...star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of All this and thus did God ; and yet it ends. The ball He rolled and rounded, melts away E'en now to...
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American Presbyterian and Theological Review, Volume 3; Volume 9

Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1865 - 668 pages
...it with gold and dusted it with gems, Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed Bock-ribs unbreakable ; — until at last Earth took her shining...heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.* Finally, would you teach man his greatness, and his sin ? The cross of Christ comes indeed first. There...
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