 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1851 - 568 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,...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane." But, before his departure, he gave some wholesome advice to his government:—" It is necessary," said... | |
 | American poetry - 1852 - 196 pages
...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 ;...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. Jl ^anlra of life. BY H. LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream !... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 450 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to mo Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." BTROH. IT was past the turn of the day when Roswell Gardiner reached his vessel, after having carefully... | |
 | Wolf Z. Hirst - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 218 pages
...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,...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. (4. 184) The buried allusion to Genesis 1:2 -"And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters"... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 't was ewell Are the hearts which they bear, and the talet which they tell. П. Begirt with many a gallant CLXXXV. My task is done, my song bath ceased, my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
 | Paul H. Fry - Poetry - 1995 - 276 pages
...the parentage of Ocean and then denies even that priority by taming the great devourer to his will: For I was as it were a Child of thee, And trusted...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. (4.184) The ocean is Byron's last semblable, not a complementary double or other, for those will always... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 364 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; and...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here. (Complete Poetical Works, vo1. II, pp. 184-6) Discussion There is much here that reminds us of Wordsworth:... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...freshening sea Made them a terror - 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, 1655 And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid...do here. My task is done - my song hath ceased - my theme Has died into an echo; it is fit The spell should break of this protracted dream. 1660 The torch... | |
 | Warren Stevenson - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 166 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. (1648-56) The last of these lines echoes Genesis (1:2)—"And the Spirit of God... | |
 | Cliff Gerwick - Technology & Engineering - 2002 - 682 pages
...with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — twos a pleasing fear For I was as it were, a child of thee...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — As I do here. Lord Byron, "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" Ecological and Societal Impacts of Marine Construction 3.1... | |
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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... 
