 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...  The works of lord Byronby George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Snippet view - About this book
 | Naval art and science - 1866 - 728 pages
...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...was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mano, as I do here." Thus Byron sang, and thus lull... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...was on thy breast to be Borne, like the bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening...was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows, far and near, KATIONAL ORATOR. OXXIV. PUBLIC QUIETNESS FAVORABLE TO THE DISCUSSOX OF A QUESTION... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...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 — 't was a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy hillows far and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...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 — 't was a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...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. SATAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN.... | |
 | Scotland - 1833 - 1034 pages
...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 childish fear ; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - American fiction - 1834 - 228 pages
...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...was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billow far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane." After the tornado had swept along, the cry was... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...on thy breast to be' Borne', like thy bubbles', onward': from a Iwy' I wantoned with thy breakers': they to me' Were a delight*; and if the freshening sea' Made them a terrour', 'twas a pleating fear', For I was', as it were',* a child of thee', And trusted to thy billows... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...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...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. LESSON CXXXII. On the use and... | |
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