The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone Lighthouse |
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الصفحة 115 - THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE rocky ledge runs far into the sea, And on its outer point, some miles away, The Lighthouse lifts its massive masonry, A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day.
الصفحة 116 - The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink ; And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light...
الصفحة 116 - They come forth from the darkness, and their sails Gleam for a moment only in the blaze, And eager faces, as the light unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze.
الصفحة 117 - Blinded and maddened by the light within, Dashes himself against the glare, and dies. A new Prometheus, chained upon the rock, Still grasping in his hand the fire of Jove, It does not hear the cry, nor heed the shock, But hails the mariner with words of love.
الصفحة 104 - His mind was as clear as crystal, and his demonstrations will be found mathematically conclusive. To this day there are no writings so valuable as his in the highest walks of scientific engineering ; and when young men ask me, as they frequently do, what they should read, I invariably say, 'Go to Smeaton's philosophical papers; read them, master them thoroughly, and nothing will be of greater service to you.
الصفحة 110 - To the dulling of my spirits : sit down and rest. Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it No longer for my flatterer : he is drown'd Whom thus we stray to find ; and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land.
الصفحة 46 - He forged his iron and steel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every sort for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe by which he...
الصفحة 116 - It sees the ocean to its bosom clasp The rocks and sea-sand with the kiss of peace; It sees the wild winds lift it in their grasp, And hold it up, and shake it like a fleece. The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
الصفحة 115 - A speechless wrath. that rises and subsides In the white lip and tremour of the face . And, as the evening darkens , lo ! how bright , Through the deep purple of the twilight air , Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light , With strange, unearthly...
الصفحة 25 - With that Winstanley went his way, And left the rock renowned, And summer and winter his pilot star Hung bright o'er Plymouth Sound. But it fell out, fell out at last, That he would put to sea, To scan once more his lighthouse tower On the rock o
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| العنوان | The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone Lighthouse Lessons from Noble lives Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood |
| المؤلف | John Smeaton (F.R.S., Civil Engineer.) |
| الناشر | T. Nelson and Sons, 1876 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 28 حزيران (يونيو) 2006 |
| عدد الصفحات | 117 من الصفحات |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |