Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam... Poems: Now First Collected - Page 160by Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...rousing " herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking " her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an " eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...purging " and unsealing her long-abused sight at the foun~ " tain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole " noise of timorous and flocking birds,... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...rousing herself, like the strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her, as an eagle, muing her mighty youth, and kindling...at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her, as an eagle, muing her jnighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
| Union for Parliamentary Reform According to the Constitution - Great Britain - 1812 - 104 pages
...invincible Locks : Me" thinks I see her as an Eagle, renewing her mighty Youth, and kindline - her nndazzled Eyes at the full mid-day Beam ; purging and unsealing...Fountain itself of Heavenly Radiance . " while the timorous and flocking Birds, with those also that love the " Twilight, flutter about, amazed at what... | |
| James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 470 pages
...rousing " herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking " her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an " eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...purging " and unsealing her long-abused sight at the foun" tain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole " noise of timorous and flocking birds, with... | |
| William Godwin - Gods, Greek - 1814 - 342 pages
...strong man [Samson] after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...at the full mid-day beam: purging and unsealing her long abused sight [this alludes to the story of St. Paul's conversion] at the fountain itself of heavenly... | |
| Richard Esmond Comerford - 1817 - 152 pages
...enforce, but will absolutely extinguish ? * "Methinks I see her, (the English Nation) "an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itTrain thou thine offspring, mew the generous brood, The future... | |
| Trials - 1817 - 650 pages
...invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle inning her mighty youth, and kindling her unduzzlcd eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself or' heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and Hocking birds, with those also that love... | |
| 1819 - 552 pages
...and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her...at the full mid-day beam; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
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