The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 51 pages of information about The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 51 pages of information about The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.

  Heard ye not the Demon flapping
    His exulting wings aloud? 
  And his mate her wild hands clapping
    From yon scowling thunder-cloud? 
  By the fireflaucht’s gleamy flashing
    The doomed vessel ye may spy,
  With the billows o’er her dashing—­
  Hark (Oh God!) that fearful cry!

  Seven hundred human voices
    In that shriek came on the blast! 
  Ha! the Tempest-Fiend rejoices—­
    For all earthly aid is past! 
  White as smoke the surge is showering
    O’er the cliffs that sea-ward frown,
  While the greedy gulph, devouring,
    Like a dragon sucks them down.

The Plates are excellent:  two or three fancy portraits beam with loveliness; Christ entering Jerusalem, engraved by E.J.  Roberts, from Martin, is a sublime scene of “the glorious city of God;” and Corfu and the Bridge of Alva, from drawings by Purser, maintain the promising excellence of his pencil.

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Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House,) London, sold by G.G.  BENNIS, 55, Rue Neuve, St. Augustin, Paris; CHARLES JUGEL, Francfort; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers.

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