 | Edward Dodwell - Greece - 1819 - 620 pages
...changing surface haste, View the clear skies, and the pure welkin taste. But slow they cautious rise ; and prudent fear The upper region of the wat'ry sphere....and, as the stream o'erflows, Their convex shells to pressing floods oppose. Conscious they know that, should they forward move, O'erwhelming waves would... | |
 | Edward Dodwell - Greece - 1819 - 630 pages
...changing surface haste, View the clear skies, and the pure welkin taste. But slow they cautious rise; and prudent fear The upper region of the wat'ry sphere....and, as the stream o'erflows, Their convex shells to pressing floods oppose. Conscious they know that, should they forward move, O'erwhelming waves would... | |
 | Henry Lee - Ocean - 1883 - 140 pages
...pure welkin taste. But slow they, cautious, rise, and, prudent, fear The upper region of the watery sphere ; Backward they mount, and as the stream o'erflows, Their convex shells to pressing floods oppose. Conscious, they know that, should they forward move, O'erwhelming waves would... | |
 | Fisheries - 1883 - 718 pages
...pure welkin taste. But slow they, cautious, rise, and, prudent, fear The upper region of the watery sphere ; Backward they mount, and as the stream o'erflows, Their convex shells to pressing floods oppose. Conscious, they know that, should they forward move, O'crwhelming waves would... | |
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View the clear skies, and the pure welkin taste. But slow they cautious rise; and prudent fear The upper region of the wat'ry sphere. Backward they mount; and, as the stream o'erflows, Their convex shells to pressing floods oppose. Conscious they know... 