 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
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...a-year,': The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws, Nor weighs the solid worth of self-applause. 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,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 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...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 - 1819 - 120 pages
...self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy iliesv Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Mf.thinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against thejaiid, Aad, seculoui to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 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...connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long anus amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean rising... | |
 | 1821 - 282 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...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 - 1821 - 236 pages
...worth of self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed 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,... | |
 | 1821 - 270 pages
...worth of self applause. To men of other minds my fancy fliep, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the...diligently slow, »The firm connected bulwark seems to grow i Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 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...artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, Hie firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 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...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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 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...watery 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... | |
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