 Earth shakes her nodding tow'rs, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight: Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the Sprites survey The growing...  Mordaunt Hall; Or, A September Night: A Novel - Page 55by Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1849 - 617 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 pages
...frowns, a pinch of snuff, i * Cant. iv. ver. 162, snuff, and a bodkin. The machinery is not forgot : Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height, Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight.* Again, when the snuff is given to the Baron, « The gnomes direct, to ev'ry atom just. The pungent... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...Earth shakes her nodding towers, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the sprites survey The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 pages
...this circumstance of Pluto himself, suddenly leaping from his throne and shrieking aloud ? Warton. Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the Sprites survey 55 The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...of Pluto himself, suddenly leaping from his throne and shrieking aloud ? War ton. Triumphant UmbrJel on a sconce's height Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight: Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the Sprites survey 55 The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | 1836 - 428 pages
...Earth shakes her nodding towers, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the Sprites survey The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...Earth shakes her nodding lower«, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! xt, pursue their rbcky-channell'd : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, Ihe Sprites survey The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...Earth shakes her nodding towers, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! " you cry, " than crown and cowl !" I '11 tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool. You'll : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the Sprites survey The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...Earth shakes her nodding tow'rs, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the Sprites survey 55 The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...Earth shakes her nodding towers, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height * Clapp'd his glad wings, and sate to view the fight • : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the sprites survey The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...Earth shakes her nodding towers, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day ! h vain ambition emulate her eyes. At thee the ruby lights its deepening glow, And with a w : Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the Sprites survey The growing combat, or assist the fray. While... | |
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