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" At dead of night. In sullen silence stalks forth PESTILENCE ; CONTAGION close behind taints all her steps With poisonous dew ; no smiting hand is seen, No sound is heard, but soon her secret path Is marked with desolation ; heaps on heaps Promiscuous... "
Death: A Seatonian Prize Poem - Page ix
by Beilby Porteus - 1803 - 66 pages
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...wooden world ; full many a youth Floats on his wat'ry bitr, or lies unwept On some sad desert shoie! At dead of night, In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence: Contagion close behind taints all her steps With poisonous dew ; no smiting hand is seen, No sound is heard, but soon her secret path Is mark 'd with...
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The Wreath: Containing The Minstrel and Other Favorite Poems, to which is ...

1806 - 184 pages
...wooden world ; full many a youth Floats on his watery hier, or lies unwept On some sad desert shore ! At dead of night, In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence: Contagion close hehind taints all her steps With poisonous dew ; no smiting hand is seen, No sound is heard ; hut soon...
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A Summary of the Principal Evidences for the Truth & Divine Origin of the ...

Beilby Porteus - Apologetics - 1808 - 162 pages
...unwept On some sad desert shore ! — At dead of night In sullen silence stalks forth PISTILENCI : CONTAGION close behind taints all her steps With pois'nous...seen, No sound is heard ; but soon her secret path Is mark'd with desolation ; heaps on heaps Promiscuous drop : — No friend, no refuge near;. All, all-...
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Musae Seatonianae: 1750-1775

College verse, English - 1808 - 348 pages
...wooden world ; full many a youth Floats on his watery bier, or lies unwept On some sad desert shore : At dead of night In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence: Contagion close behind taints all her steps With poisonous dew ; no smiting hand is seen. No sound is heard; but soon her secret path Is mark'd with...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...wooden world; full many a youth Floats on his watery bier, or lies unwept On some sad desert shore. At dead of night, In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence...: Contagion close behind taints all her steps With poisonous dew; no smiting hand is seen, No sound is heard ; but soon her secret path Is mark'd with...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...some sad desart shore ! At dead of night, In 'sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence : L'outagiori Vhich mming daily strengthens and improves Thro' all the heights of fondness an yJo sound is heard, but soon her secret path !•> mark'd with desolation ; heaps on heaps Jromisciions...
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Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ...

English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...wooden world; full manyayouth Floats on his watery bier, or lies unwept On some sad desert shore.—At dead of night, In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence: Contagion close behind taints all her steps With poisonous dew ; no smiting hand is seen, No sound is heard : but soon her secret path Is mark'd with...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...wooden world ; full many a youth Floats on his watery bier, or lies unwept On some sad desert shore ! At dead of night In sullen silence stalks forth PESTILENCE...seen, No sound is heard, but soon her secret path Is mark'd with desolation ; heaps on heaps Promiscuous drop. No friend* no refuge, near ; All, all, is...
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...Sometimes, when all seems peace, Floats on his wat'ry bier, or lies unwept On some sad desert shore ; at dead of night, In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence...Contagion, close behind, taints all her steps With poisonous dew ; no smiting hand is seen, No sound is heard ; but soon her secret path Is marked with...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...wooden world ; full many a youth Floats on his watery bier, or lies unwept On some sad desert shore ! At dead of night, In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence...; Contagion close behind taints all her steps With poisonous dew ; no smiting hand is seen, No sound is heard ; but soon her secret path Is mai-k'd with...
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