| Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 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...freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear j For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...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 mo Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...alone. CLXXXIV. And I have loved thee, ocean ! and my Joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be f the verdant mound ; Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid, Our enemy's lo me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'tw;is u pleasing fear, For... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...breast to be Bora«, b'ke thy bubbles, onward: from a boy Iwanton'd with thy breakers — they to me 1 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 near,... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...Of youthful sports, was on thy hreast to be Borne like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — -they to me Were a delight ;...was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billow's far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON CXXX. The Jubilee of... | |
| England - 1848 - 806 pages
...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...them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was ae it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 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 ; 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 Fenimore Cooper - Sea stories - 1849 - 448 pages
...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 fear 5 For I was, as it were, a child of thee, ^ And laid my hand upon thy... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 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...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... | |
| 1851 - 408 pages
...giant's breast, And in the crags of Iceland, built his nest. RALPH. Attractions of (SDcmn CiCe. i. From a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me, Were a delight. — BYBON. SOME contemplate the ocean as a vast and cheerless waste, where reigns a night of perpetual... | |
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