 | 1839 - 384 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'it with thy breakers— they to me Were a delight, and if the freshening sea Made them...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." BYHON IT was in the Summer of 1835, that heing on a visit at the great naval depot of Plymouth, I was... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...wantoned with thy breakers': they to me' Were a delight'; and if the freshening sea' Made them a terrour', 'twas a pleasing fear', For I was', as it were',*...And laid my hand upon thy mane' — as I do here'. My task is done' — my song hath ceased' — my theme' Has died into an echo': it is fit' The spell... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward ; from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers, — they to me Were a delight; and, if the freshening Sea Made them a terror, — 't was a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1842 - 386 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here !" Such a life must form a race of brave seamen. Accordingly we find that no country has, in proportion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...to be Rome, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantim'd with thy breakers — they to me NVere a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done (2) — my song hath ceased — my Нал died into an echo; it is fit [theme... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 pages
...like thy bubbles (1) , onward : from a boy (2) I wanton'd (5) with thy breakers (4) — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane (8) , as I do here. BYRON. CAN A MONARCH BE TRULY HAPPY. Oh ! Philotas , Thou little know'st the cares,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...break.ers : | they to me, , Were a delight ; | and, if the fresh'ning sea , Made them a terror — | 't was a pleasing fear, | For I was , as it were , a child'...And laid my hand upon thy mane' — | as I do here,. | APOSTROPHE TO THE QUEEN OF FRANCE. (BURKE.) It is now sixteen, or seventeen years', | since I saw... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...Horace, and Virgil, and Homer, that was dinaed i"t" bis repulsive spirit 1 To the shock of this change - MS. I 3 This was written at Thebes, and consequently...answering such a question ; not as the birthplace CLXXXV. My task is done' — rny song hath ceased — my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...with thy breakers—they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror—'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee,...thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here." What connexion of thought or feeling is there between the first and the second... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers, — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. 6. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
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And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing... 
