 Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with storms. When the tide rushes from her rumbling caves The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves...  Homer - Page 131by Homer - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Spence - Epic poetry, Greek - 1737 - 444 pages
...ScyHa there* fcene of Horror forms, ,And here Charybdis fills the fea with ftorms; When the tide rufhes from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars, tumultuous boil the waves } They tofs, they foam.— . • (a) Tliel ffwft'wiut atop. p. tp. Ed. R. Stefli. (6) B. ii, yjf-^'-fPSO)... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - Malta - 1773 - 394 pages
...there a fcene of horror forms> And here Charybdis fills the deep with ilorms : When the tide rufhes from her rumbling caves, "the rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves ; they tofs, they foam, a wild confufion raife, Like waters bubbling o'er the fiery blaze ; Eternal mitts... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1788 - 590 pages
...there a fcene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with dorms : When the tide rufhes from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars : tumultuous boil the waves. Pope. No perfon can be at a lofs about the caufe of this beautv : it is obvioufly that of imitation.... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 432 pages
...there a fcene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with ftorms : When the tide rufhcs from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves. Pop* No peķ fon can be at a lofs about the caufe of this beauty ; it is obviouily that of imitation.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...there a fcene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with ftorms. When the tide rufhes from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves. Ssifttrotii and gtntlr facnds, Two craggy rocks projecting to the main, The roaring winds tempeftuous... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - English language - 1799 - 156 pages
...water is defcribed in verfes, as rough and fonorous, as that turbulent element. While the tide ruflies from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars, tumultuous boil the waves. Ib. 282. In the following light, eafy numbers the poet reprefents a fleet, flying over the ocean before... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - China - 1804 - 672 pages
...boiled tumultuoufly round this promontory of the Chinefe continent, where, *< When the tide rufhei from her rumbling caves " The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves ; " They tofa, they foam, a wild confuiion raife, " Like waters bubbling o'er the fiery blaze." The fecond whirl... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...there a fcene of horror brus zSo And here Chsrybdis 611s the deep wirb itorms. When the tide rufhesfrom her rumbling caves The rough rock roars; tumultuous boil the waves; They tof«, they fnani, a wild confuflnti raife, Like waters bubbling o'er the fiery blaze; 185 Eternal... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - China - 1805 - 444 pages
...currents and the eddies that boiled tumultuously round this promontory of the Chinese continent, where, " When the tide rushes from her rumbling caves " The...raise, " Like waters bubbling o'er the fiery blaze." The second whirl removed us to a considerable distance from the point, and, after the third, we were... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1805 - 288 pages
...there a fcene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with ftorms. When the tide rufhes from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves; BOISTEROUS AND GENTLE SOUNDS* Two craggy rocks projecting to the main, The roaring winds tempeftuous... | |
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