 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 436 pages
...youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed...firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor,... | |
 | William Mason - English poetry - 1803 - 252 pages
...youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed...firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure; but to a traitor,... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Architecture - 1806 - 656 pages
...expressed by Mason : * ' Behold you huge , And unhewn sphere of liTing adamant, Which, poised by ma^c, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock. Firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequiously to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but ti. a traitor.... | |
 | Richard Warner - Cornwall (England : County) - 1809 - 384 pages
...Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge " And unhewn sphere of living adamant, " Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight, " On yonder pointed...firm as it seems, " Such is its strange and virtuous property, " It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch " Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor,... | |
 | Architecture - 1809 - 616 pages
...yon huge • : • ' • ,i Artd unhewn sphere of living adamant, , . Which, pois'd by magic, tests. its central weight , On yonder pointed rock : firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequioas to the gentlest touch Of him whose heart is pure : but to a traitor,... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 400 pages
...Youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed...firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor,... | |
 | English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...youths, Turn your astonish d eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere 01 living adamant, Which pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed...firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor,... | |
 | White Watson - Geology - 1811 - 108 pages
...Youths, Turn your astonish 'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed...firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure; but to a traitor,... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 404 pages
...Youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed...firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor,... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - Scotland - 1811 - 276 pages
...stones, or creed of our ancestors concerning them, is well expressed by Mason : — • " Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised...magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock. Finn as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequiously to the gentlest... | |
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Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest... 
