 | Samuel Say - English language - 1745 - 210 pages
...Divine Command — With rising Tempefts makes a guilty Land; Such as, of late, o'er pale Britannia paft, Calm and Serene he drives the furious Blaft ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's Orders to perform, Rides in the Whirlwind, and direfts the Storm. In Thefe Lines there is all the Mufic,... | |
 | Johann Joachim Winckelmann - Art, Greek - 1766 - 170 pages
...ADDISON has drawn, with fuch beauty, in his poem, intitled, The Campaign, in thefe admirable lines : CALM and SERENE he drives the furious blaft, And, PLEAS'D th' Almighty's orders toperform, Rides in the whirlwind anddirefts the ftorm. REFLECTIONS Concerning the Imitation... | |
 | 1884 - 562 pages
...as of late o'er pale Brittania passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased the Almighty's order to perform. Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. c. THE KANGAROO. n mijrtuMiquf genus, proUs*jnc biformis .'" — VlKG. yEN. VI. Kangaroo, Kangaroo... | |
 | Edward Ellis Morris - Great Britain - 1886 - 302 pages
...of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's order to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. This simile carried the minister away with enthusiasm, and the same feeling was quickly spread throughout... | |
 | Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland - English literature - 1892 - 482 pages
...the poem just mentioned, two lines have become historical. They refer to the Duke : And pleased the Almighty's order to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. Of his hymns, that beginning, The spacious firmament on high, is grandest in its imagery. CHAPTER XXVII.... | |
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And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's order... 