 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...  Fly - Page 601839Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...thou goest forth, dread, fathomless alone, " 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... | |
 | Robert Baird - Finland - 1842 - 398 pages
...population may say, with Childe Harold, " And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy 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 if the freshening sea Made them a terror... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...headlong into the sea." ABSURD BOAST OF XERXES. "And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LOUD BYBON. "Silence, ye troubled waves; and thou deep, peace, Said then th' omnific word; your discord... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pages
...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 ;...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.... | |
 | 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..."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 hand, indeed — why I have... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...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 ;...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... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...thou goest forth, dread, 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 with thy breakers, — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror... | |
 | 1843 - 826 pages
...these concluding lines — " For I was, as it were, a chili! of tlice, " And trusted to thy billons 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 hand, indeed — why I have... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I Ьате loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful t with a loss, Such health do my fountains bestow...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... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests. 4. And I have lov'd thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports, was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles,...with thy breakers, — they to me Were a delight. 6. And this is in the night ! Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer... | |
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