| George Crabbe - 1820 - 248 pages
...— How met — Conclusion. TALES OF THE HALL. BOOK XIII. DELAY HAS DANGER. THREE weeks had pass'd, and Richard rambles now Far as the dinners of the...; And in that rock are shapes of shells, and forms Whose generations lived and died ere man, A worm of other class, to crawl began. There is a town call'd... | |
| George Crabbe - 1829 - 348 pages
...Bises a monntain-roek in rngged pride ; And in that roek are shapes of shells, and forms Of ereatures in old worlds, of nameless worms, Whose generations lived and died ere man, A worm of other elass, to erawl hegan. There is a town eall'd Silford, where his steed Our traveller rested — He... | |
| John Anderson - 1851 - 402 pages
...you will, chronicles of the olden time are before and around you, while everywhere — -and at your side Rises a mountain-rock in rugged pride. And in...shapes of shells, and forms Of creatures in old worlds. " The cuttings of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway give excellent sections of the various minerals of... | |
| George Crabbe - 1852 - 560 pages
...river gay, Where in the shallow stream the loaches, play, And stony fragments stay the winding ^tream, And gilded pebbles at the bottom gleam, Giving their...mountain-rock in rugged pride ; And in that rock are shades of shells, and forms Of creatures in old worlds, of nameless worms, Whose generations lived... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...and plain. Dr. Woieafs Peter Pindar. And in that roek are shapes of shells, and form* Of ereatures in old worlds, of nameless worms, Whose generations lived and died ere man, A worm of other elass, to erawl began. Crabbe. Again attend ! — and see a man whose eares Are nieely plae'd on either... | |
| John Anderson - 1859 - 148 pages
...the richest and finest tract of fossil remains that ever gladdened his eyes or adorned his cabinet. It is a lovely place, and at the side Rises a mountain-rock...shapes of shells, and forms Of creatures in old worlds. . . . But no ! the shells are not in the yellow sandstone. They are nevertheless in the nearest vicinity,... | |
| Patrick Buchan - 1868 - 276 pages
...order to leave such enormous results ! " It is a lonely place, and at the side Rises a mountain rock in rugged pride, And in that rock are shapes of shells and forms Of creatures in old worlds; and nameless worms Whole generations lived and died ere man, A worm of other class, to crawl began."... | |
| John Ellor Taylor - 1874 - 336 pages
...CHAPTEE III. THE STOEY OF A PIECE OF SLATE. " It is a lonely place, and at the side Kises a mountain rock in rugged pride; And in that rock are shapes of shells, and forms Of creatures in old worlds, and nameless worms — Whole generations lived and died, ere man A worm of other class, to crawl began."... | |
| John Ellor Taylor - 1876 - 234 pages
...places : " It is a lonely place, and at the side Rises a mountain rock in rugged pride ; And in tbat rock are shapes of shells, and forms Of creatures in old worlds, and nameless worms ; Whole generations lived and died, ere man, A worm of other class, to crawl began."... | |
| George Crabbe - 1882 - 272 pages
...loaches play, And stony fragments stay the winding stream, And gilded pebbles at the bottom gleam. It is a lovely place, and at the side Rises a mountain-rock...rock are shapes of shells, and forms Of creatures in all worlds, of nameless worms, Whose generations lived and died ere man, A worm of other class, to... | |
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