 To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward...  The Divine Comedy - Page 254by Dante Alighieri - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...worth of self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flics, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the...against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, '1 ill tin- tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...worth of self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flics, EmboBom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, "Where...broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to ttop the coming tide, I -id the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, Bethinks, and diligently slow,... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...the land, And, sedulous. to stop the covning.tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onwards, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm, connected...bulwark seems, to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore: While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...worth of self-applanse. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sednlons to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. *• Onward methinka, and... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...of self applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies;. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the...coming tide. Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onwards, Hiethinks, and diligeutlj' slow, The firm, connected bulwark seems to grow ;: Spreads. its... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...of self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom' d in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the...roar. Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...of self applause. Xo men of other minds my fancy flies. Embosom 'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulw ark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...shifting fashion draws, !Nor weighs the solid worth of self applause. And, sedulous to stop the coining tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward,...firm connected bulwark seems to grow : Spreads its loog arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore ; While the pent ocean,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...of self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies | Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans agaiuit 18 Thus, while around the wave subjected soil Impels the native to repeated toil, Industrious... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pages
...worth of self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the...bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile,... | |
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