The Steam Engine Or the Powers of Flame An Original Poem in Ten Cantos
The Steam Engine Or the Powers of Flame An Original Poem in Ten Cantos
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I stay'd on deck, although advised to go Down with the rest to the saloon below ; And, while the mountain waves roll o'er the deck. From me the funnel kept their force in check ; I grasp'd a rigging chain fast in my hand. And, spite of waves and pitching, kept my stand.
10* 114 THE STEAM ENGINE; OR, [Canto Meanwhile the tempest still increased its powers, Clearing the main of every craft but ours.
In early youth I had a strong desire To view the grand and great that men admire : Nature's great ...works, Art's deeds of boasted worth. For these I left the vale which gave me birth : I'll have my wish, thought I, and now's the time To view the Atlantic's wild and vast sublime. I had no power, should shipwreck be my fate, To thwart it now, I therefore stood sedate, To see the winds and mountain-waves engage In awful strife, and spend their mighty rage Against our Heroine's sword-pointed car ; "Who straight courageously repell'd their war ! High rose the vigour of her life-blootl, steam ; Alone she struggled gloriously supreme ; She cleft the waves, defied tlieir threatening force, .
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I stay'd on deck, although advised to go Down with the rest to the saloon below ; And, while the mountain waves roll o'er the deck. From me the funnel kept their force in check ; I grasp'd a rigging chain fast in my hand. And, spite of waves and pitching, kept my stand.
10* 114 THE STEAM ENGINE; OR, [Canto Meanwhile the tempest still increased its powers, Clearing the main of every craft but ours.
In early youth I had a strong desire To view the grand and great that men admire : Nature's great ...works, Art's deeds of boasted worth. For these I left the vale which gave me birth : I'll have my wish, thought I, and now's the time To view the Atlantic's wild and vast sublime. I had no power, should shipwreck be my fate, To thwart it now, I therefore stood sedate, To see the winds and mountain-waves engage In awful strife, and spend their mighty rage Against our Heroine's sword-pointed car ; "Who straight courageously repell'd their war ! High rose the vigour of her life-blootl, steam ; Alone she struggled gloriously supreme ; She cleft the waves, defied tlieir threatening force, .
What to read after The Steam Engine Or the Powers of Flame An Original Poem in Ten Cantos?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Baker Thomas Fl. to read onlineMoreLess
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