Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll [ Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed... The works of lord Byronby George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Snippet view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean— roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vainj Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with...like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXIX. CANTO IV PILGRIMAGE. 271... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...O Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean— roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vam ; Man marks the earth with ruin— his control Stops with the shore ;— upon the watery plam The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remam A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee...like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...and feel What I can ne'er express, yet can not all conceal. CLXXIX. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee...like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, uuknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXXi His steps are not upon... | |
| Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...Universe, and feel, What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. 2. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee...for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depth with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. 3. The armaments which... | |
| Naval art and science - 1866 - 728 pages
...noble strain, Who've thus address'd the world encircling main : " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in...When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into the depths, with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. " His steps are... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...conceal. CLXXIX. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee iu vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control...like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXX. His steps are not upon... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; i Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with...the watery plain, The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth.remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...CVIII. » The Ocean an Image of Eternity.—BYRON. ROLL on, thou deep and dark blue ocean—roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore ;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor... | |
| James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark-blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep "over thee...like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown ! His steps are not upon thy paths,... | |
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