 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 oldal
...Harp,2 the Lily, and the Lion join, And George and Britain guard the sterling coin. Soon shall thy arm,3 unconquered Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Darwin. ANCIENT BRITAIN.... | |
 | 1845 - 550 oldal
...parodies on the Canticles. But we are now only referring to the fine and truly prophetic verses on Steam. Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or urge the rapid car ! So mighty Hercules o'er many a clime Waved his vast mace in virtue's cause sublime,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 oldal
...»hall thy arm, unconquerM STEAM l «Ar AËRODrag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; NAUTICS. Or on wide waving wings expanded bear — The flying chariot through the streams of air. JESYMFair crews triumphant, leaning from above, KIUM. Shall wave their llultering kerchiefs... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1847 - 636 oldal
...day-dreams which had been promulgated by Dr. Darwin so early as 1793 : — " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd STEAM ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." Botanic Garden, Canto... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1847 - 444 oldal
...were printed in 1 795, when the steam engine was in its infancy : — Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the field of air ! The latter part of the prophesy, though as yet unfulfilled, has been maintained and... | |
 | Charles Foote Gower - 1847 - 208 oldal
...the various changes of colour. CHAPTER III. THE BREAKFAST-PARLOUK. " Soon shall thy arm, uneonqnered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid...wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot throngh the ficlds of air."— DARW1N. THE prophetic fancy of the poet — for it must be remembered... | |
 | Peter Progress (pseud.) - 1847 - 106 oldal
......................... xlvii. How to carry out a Railway .......... li. TRAM-ROADS AND RAILWAYS. INTRODUCTION. Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car. Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear, The flying-chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant,... | |
 | Peter Progress (pseud.) - 1847 - 192 oldal
...The Electric Clock . .• xvii. L. EUSTON SQUARE STATION. TRAM-ROADS AND RAILWAYS. INTRODUCTION. Boon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car. Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear, The flyingrchariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant,... | |
 | English poets - 1847 - 144 oldal
...in the first couplet. Will that in the second ever be realized ? " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car, Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." But this popularity... | |
 | William Goodman - 1847 - 336 oldal
...one mile and two hundred and thirty-four yards. HOME TRAVELLING. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car, Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." DARWIN, 1793. THIS quotation... | |
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Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air... 
