 Vengeance, in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm, expos'd and bare : On whom that ravening brood of Fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait : Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee ? EPODE.  The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins: With Memoirs of the Author; and ... - Page 151de William Collins, John Langhorne - 1765 - 166 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - 1814 - 402 pages
...11 Behold, slow settling o'er the lurid grove, " Unusual darkness broods." SUMMER. 1. 1103, 1104. " While vengeance in the lurid air, « Lifts her red arm, expos'd and bare." .... Collins's «Oi>» To FlA«.n t Contort*, from contorjuco, to twist together. t See Part I. p.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...nature's wounds and wreck* preside ; While Vengeance, in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm, expos' d and bare : On whom that ravening brood of fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait : Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee? • A river in Sussex.... | |
 | Alicia M'Gennis - 1817 - 806 pages
...accurst the mind ; And those, the fiends, who, near allied, O'er nature's wounds and wrecks preside; While Vengeance, in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm, expos'd and bare; On whom that rav'uing brood of fate, Who lap the blood of sorrow, wait ; Who, Fear ! this ghastly train can see,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1817 - 126 pages
...pursue the imaginary advantages of the moment, and neglect the still but solemn voice of God, until " Vengeance in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm expos'd and bare." Without offering an opinion on the propriety of the expression of Mr. Jefferson, I must add, that 1... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 464 pages
...the mind : And those, the fiends, who, near allied, O'er Nature's wounds and wrecks preside ; Whilst Vengeance, in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm, expos'd...ravening* brood of Fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait : Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee ! In earliest Greece, to... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 112 pages
...O'er Nature's wounds and wrecks preside; While Vengeance, in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm, exposed and bare, On whom that ravening brood of fate, Who lap the blood of sorrow, wait. Who, Fear, thi? ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild like thee?" How excellently does the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pages
...Nature's wounds and wrecks preside ; While Vengeance, in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm, cxpos'd and bare : On whom that ravening brood of Fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait ; Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee? In earliest Greece, to... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...Nature's wounds and wrecks preside ; Whilst Vengeance, in the lurid air, Lifts her red arm, exposed and bare : On whom that ravening * brood of Fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait : Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee ! EPODE. Jn earliest Greece,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1822 - 140 pages
...pursue the imaginary advantages of the moment, and neglect the still but solemn voice of God, until -Vengeance in the lurid air Lifts her red arm expos'd and bare ? " 19. Without offering an opinion on the propriety of the expression of Mr. Jefferson, I must add,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...accurs'd the mind : And those, the fiends, who, near allied, O'er Nature's wounds and wrecks preside j While Vengeance in the lurid air Lifts her red arm, expos'd and bare : On whom that rav'ning brood of Fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait ; Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see,... | |
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