 Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest...  Annals of Philosophy - Seite 4101824Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1797 - 436 Seiten
...Our will admits no parley. Thither, youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic,...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Tho' ev'na gtant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixt as... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 252 Seiten
...; Our will admits no parley. Thither, youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic,...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure; but to a traitor, Tho' ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixt as Snowdon.... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1806 - 656 Seiten
...expressed by Mason : * ' Behold you huge , And unhewn sphere of liTing adamant, Which, poised by ma^c, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock. Firm...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequiously to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but ti. a traitor. Though -\cn a giant's... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1809 - 384 Seiten
...superstitions of Druidism. ----- " Thither, youths, " Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge " And unhewn sphere of living adamant, " Which, pois'd by magic,...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch " Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, " Though ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd hit arm, " It stands as fix'd... | |
 | 1809 - 616 Seiten
...yon huge • : • ' • ,i Artd unhewn sphere of living adamant, , . Which, pois'd by magic, tests. its central weight , On yonder pointed rock : firm...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequioas to the gentlest touch Of him whose heart is pure : but to a traitor, • : Tho' e'en a giant's... | |
 | White Watson - 1811 - 108 Seiten
...the following lines allude ; Thither, Youths, Turn your astonish 'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic,...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure; but to a traitor, Tho, ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fix'd as... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 404 Seiten
...Our will admits no parley. Thither, Youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic,...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixt as... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 400 Seiten
...Our will admits no parley. Thither, Youths, Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic,...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixt as... | |
 | 1811 - 620 Seiten
...admits no parley. Thither, youths, Turn your astonish d eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere 01 living adamant, Which pois'd by magic, rests its central...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fix'd... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 Seiten
...behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which pois'd by magic, rests its central weigl4 On yonder pointed rock : firm as it seems, Such is...moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fix'd... | |
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