 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
 | 1840 - 368 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 besides is pebbly... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 332 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... | |
 | 1840 - 378 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 in the calm seem anohor'd ; for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ; Art thou not present this calm... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 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 in the calm seem anchpr'd ; for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ; Art thou not present, this calm... | |
 | 1843 - 280 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 in the calm seem anchored ; for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ; Art thou not present, this calm... | |
 | Sights - 1844 - 104 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 in the calm seem anchored; for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ; Art thou not present, this calm... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1845 - 558 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 in the calm seem anchor'd ; for thev glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide ;" * The curvature ofplanki Tor Ihe fidpi of... | |
 | Earth - 1846 - 176 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 in the calm seem anchored : for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide. Art thou not present this calm... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...to the strand, Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the rigid 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... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...to the strand, Faint, lazy waves o'ercrcep the ridgy 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. View now the winter-storm ! above, one cloud, Black and unbroken, all the skies o'crshroud ; Th' unwieldy... | |
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