 Then the broad bosom of the ocean keeps An equal motion, swelling as it sleeps, Then slowly sinking; curling to the strand, Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow....  The Borough: A Poem, in Twenty-four Letters - Page 10by George Crabbe - 1810 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...curling to the Strand, Faint lazy Waves o'ercreep the ridgy Sand, Or tap the tarry Boat with gentle blow, And back return in 'silence , smooth and slow, Ships...Sea, urg'd solely by the Tide ; Art thou not present, tl'is calm Scene before, Where all beside is pebbly length of Shore, And far as eye can reach , it... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 pages
...sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow. Ships iu the calm seem anchor'd, for they glide On the still...before, -\ Where all beside is pebbly length of shore, V And far as eye can reach, itcan discern no more.'' •> This, to be sure, is not entirely an ocean... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 572 pages
...to the strand, Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridny sand, Or tap the tarry boat svith gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow. Ships...the still sea, urg'd solely by the tide: Art thou nut present, this culm scene before, -\ Where all beside is pebbly length of shore, ; And far as eye... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 112 pages
...to the strand, Faint, lazy waves o'ercreop the riduy sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow. Ships...glide On the still sea, urg'd solely by the tide: Art then not present, this calm scene before, •% Where all beside is pebbly length of shore, V And far... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 pages
...ridgy sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, An equal motion, swelling as it sleeps; . : .. And back return in silence, smooth and slow. -, Ships...the calm seem anchor'd, for they glide On the still ssa, urg'd solely by the tide: Art thou not present, this calm scene before, -\ Where all beside is... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 pages
...the strand, " Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand, " Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, " And back return in silence, smooth and slow. " Ships...On the still sea, urg'd solely by the tide: " Art thounot present, this calm scene before, " Where all beside is pebbly length of shore, " And far as... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 452 pages
...to the strand, Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow. Ships...calm seem anchor'd ; for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ; Art thou not present, this calm scene before, Where all beside is pebbly... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...the strand, — Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow. Ships...calm seem anchor'd ; for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ; Art thou not present, this calm scene before, Where all beside is pebbly... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...strand, — Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand, DD Or tap the tarry boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow. Ships...calm seem anchor"d ; for they glide On the still sea, urged slowly by the tide ; Art thou not present, this calm scene before, Where all beside is pebbly... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...strand, — Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle hlow, And hack return in silence, smooth and slow. Ships in the calm seem anchor'd ; for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ; Art thou not present, this calm scene before, Where all heside is pehhly... | |
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