 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...feem to burn the Seas below : Their fpeckled Tails advance to fteer their Courle, And on the founding Shore the flying Billows force. And now the Strand,...bloody Streaks were fill'd ; Their nimble Tongues they brand ifh'd as they came, And lick'd their hifling Jaws, that fputter'd Flame. Drjd. Serpent tempting... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...fpeckled Tails advance to fteer their Courfe, '' And on the founding Shore the flying Billows farce. And now the Strand, and now the Plain they held, Their...bloody Streaks were fill'd ; Their nimble Tongues they brandifh'd as they came, And lick'd their billing Jaws, that fputter'd Flame. SERPENT tempting EV E.... | |
 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 pages
...the Seas below : Their fpeckled Tails advance to fteer their Courfe, 174 And on the founding Shear the flying Billows force. And now the Strand, and...the Plain they held; Their ardent Eyes with bloody ftreaks were fill'd: Then- nimble Tongues they brandifh'd as they came, And lick'd their hifling Jaws,... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...show: Their bellies seem to burn the seas below: Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And on the sounding shore the flying billows force-"...And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. 27<S Their ardent eyes with bloody streaks were fill'd : Their nimble tongues they brand ish'd as they... | |
 | Virgil - 1806 - 414 pages
...; When (dreadful to behold ! ) from sea we spy'd Two serpents, rank'd abreast, the seas divide, 27O And smoothly sweep along the swelling tide, Their...flame. We fled amaz'd ; their destin'd way they take, 28O And to Laocoon and his children make : And first around the tender boys they wind, Then with their... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 378 pages
...Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And on their sounding shore the flyinghil lows force. And now the strand, and now the plain they held, Their ardent eyes with bloody streaks were till'di Their nimhle tongues thry hrandish'd as they came, And lick'd their hissing jaws, that sputter'd... | |
 | 1808 - 578 pages
...speckled tails advance to steer their course, And now the sounding shore the flying billows force. And on the strand, and now the plain, they held. Their ardent...flame. We fled amaz'd; their destin'd way they take, And to Laocoön and his children make : And first around the tender boys they wind, Then with their... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...show ; Their bellies seem to burn the seas below ; Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And on the sounding shore the flying billows force....they held. Their ardent eyes with bloody streaks were filled ; Their nimble tongues they brandished as they came, And licked their hissing jaws, that sputtered... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...show ; Their bellies seem to burn the seas below ; Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And on the sounding shore the flying billows force....they held. Their ardent eyes with bloody streaks were filled ; Their nimble tongues they brandished as they came, And licked their hissing jaws, that sputtered... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...show, Their bellies seem to burn the seas below : Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And, on the sounding shore, the flying billows force,...jaws that sputter'd flame. We fled amaz'd ; their desttn'd way they take, And to Laocoon and his children make : And lii si around the tender boys they... | |
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Their flaming crests above the waves they show; Their bellies seem to burn the seas below; Their speckled tails advance to steer their course, And on the sounding shore the flying billows force. 
