 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...|al6ne,.| s"And I have lov'd' thee, o'cean ! | and my joy , Of youthful sports, | was on thy breast to be , Borne, like thy bubbles, on'ward : | from a boy' |...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'... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1842 - 398 pages
...Of youthful aports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantou'd with thy breakers— they to me Were a delight ; and...to thy billows far and 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... | |
 | 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 Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done' — rny song hath ceased — my theme Has died... | |
 | 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,...to 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
...fathomless, alone. 5. And I have lov'd thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports, was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd...to thy billows far and 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...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;...to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LOUD BYBON. "Silence, ye troubled waves; and thou deep, peace, Said then... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pages
...alone CLXXXIV. 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 wanton'd,...pleasing fear, * For I was as it were a child of thee, f And trusted to thy billows far and near, ' And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXV.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...alone. CLXXXIV. 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 wanton'd,...Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For 1 was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy... | |
 | 1843 - 778 pages
...exclamation — " Yes, by George, I've seen it in all these situations." And at these concluding lines — " For I was, as it were, a child of thee, " And trusted...to thy billows far and near, "And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." "I have done it a hundred times," again chimed in the Captain. " Laid my... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned s, Where the harebells and violets grow. Not a pine...with tendrils of woodbine is bound ; Not a beech' ae it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane... | |
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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 wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing... 
