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
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1836 - 380 pages
...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...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... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - American essays - 1836 - 676 pages
...strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...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... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 274 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle nursing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and scaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1837 - 380 pages
...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 ; purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise... | |
| William Jones - 1838 - 696 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking his invincible locks. Methinks I see her, as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...midday beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused light at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds,... | |
| 1838 - 468 pages
...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, purging and unsealing her long abased sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
| 1839 - 798 pages
...nation 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...unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of hearenly radiance.' &c. &c. ; and yet here we find Warburton pillaging without any acknowledgment,... | |
| 1839 - 764 pages
...rousing herself, like a ' strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Me' thinks I see her, as an eagle, muing her mighty youth, and ' kindling...the full mid-day beam, purging ' and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of ' heavenly radiance; while the whole tribe of timorous... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 584 pages
...nation 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 her undazzled eyes at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1839 - 850 pages
...and shaking her invincible locks. Me' thinks I see her, as an eagle, inning- her mighty youth, and 4 kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging ' and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of ' heavenly radiance ; while the whole tribe of timorous... | |
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