...profound! Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds; Creation sleeps. "Tis as the general pulse KI nfe stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end." Again, his appeal to the Divine Inspirer of his solemn thoughts, is full of majesty and power....

...yourself throughout the county as — as — as disengaged — I " the pulse of life seemed to stand still, and " nature made a pause, an awful pause, prophetic of its end." The clenched hand was slowly uplifted — then descended with a weight that shook the table. "I cannot...

...slumbering world. Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds: Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause; An awfu! pause! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd: Fate! drop the curtain;...

...Young — who has ever surpassed the awful and well-known description of the silence of night ? — " Creation sleeps ; 'tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause." — Night Third. Or the vivid portrait of a person terrified at his perilous situation, where " hopes...

...dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. "I'is as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pauie : An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. • 95 And lot her prophecy be soon fulfill'd : Fate...

...Nature's birth, And Nature's shield the shadow of his hand ; and the impressive description of night: Creation sleeps ; 'tis as the general pulse Of life...made a pause ; An awful pause ; prophetic of its end ; are all inspired by a spirit of equal dignity and power. The last lines, Mrs. Piozzi informs us that...

...world. Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds ; Creation sleeps. Tis as the general pulse Of life...Nature made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue...

...world : Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound 1 Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds : Creation sleeps. — 'Tis as the general pulse Of...nature made a pause— An awful pause — prophetic of her end. LIVELY. In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give...

...alike suspended. Every thing is quiet and in a state of deep repose. " Creation sleeps ; 'tis as if the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause." So also with the spiritual sleeper; — the stillness of death is upon him. None of the powers of his...

...how profound ! Nor eye nor list'ning ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps — 'tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! — prophetic of her end. I wake, emerging from a scene of dreams Tumultuous ; where my wrecked desponding thought From...