 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on ; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock on Ocean's foam,...the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail." -He then adds, that he resumes the tale of " the wandering outlaw of his own dark mind," to him " a... | |
 | 1817 - 536 pages
...once morel. And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knowt Ids rider. . . Still must I on; for I am as a weed Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam to sail, Wherein tbe surge may tweep, the tempett breath prevail." 'By such an introduction, we are prepared... | |
 | 1816 - 692 pages
...should quiver as a reed, "* """Arid the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must 1 on; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock on Ocean's foam, to sail ' nt Swift be their guidance, whereso'er it lead! Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 pages
...companionless, fro») wave to wave, On life's rough sea— and there was none to save. . MONTGOMERY. - For I am as a weed Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam to sail, Where'er the snrge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevailHere the similarity is not, as in the preceding instances,... | |
 | 1818 - 904 pages
...mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I 011; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam,...the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail." pp.S,4, The noble bard takes the opportunity, during this vagrant voyage, of relating, in about a dozen... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...mast should quiver US ¡I ТИП), And the rent canvas flottering strew the gale, Still must I on; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam, to sail Where'er the snrge may sweep, the tern« pest's breath prevail." pp. î,4. The noble bard takes the opportunity,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on; for I am as a wred, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail Where'er...the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail. III. In my youth's summer I did sing of One, The wandering outlaw of his own dark mind; Again I seize... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...Leben, wie er in dem 3ten Tleil von Childe Harold sagt: Once more upon the waters, yes , once more. I am as a weed Flung from the rock , on ocean's foam, to sail Where'er the 'surge may sweep , the tempest breath prevail *). Er ging nach den Niederlanden, Deutschland, der Schweiz, und leht jetzt... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on ; for I am as a weed, Flung from 'the rock, on Ocean's foam,...the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail. HI. In my youth's summer I did sing of One, The wandering outlaw of his own dark mind ; Again I seize... | |
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Once more upon the waters ! yet once more ! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. Welcome to their roar! Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it lead ! Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a reed. 
