 | 1818 - 638 pages
...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,...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. My task is done — my song hath' ceased — my theme: Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...thy breakers— they to mo 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,...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." What connexion of thought or feeling is there between the first and the second of these stanzas ? None.... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...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,...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here. 185. My task is done— my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...terror— 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee , And trusted to thy billo ws far and near , And laid my hand upon thy mane —...break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which I at (, lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ , is writ , — Would it Were... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...thy breakers — they to ms 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,...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here *). *) Ach! dafs die Wüste mein Wohnsitz wäre, ein holdes Wesea •dort zu meiner Bedienung , dafs... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...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,...break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ, — Would it were worthier... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...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,...ceased — my theme Has died into an echo; it is fit i The spell should break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which hatli lit... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy man* — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done — my song...break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ, — Would it were worthier... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 402 pages
...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,...it is fit The spell should break of this protracted drearn. The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ,... | |
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t was a pleasing fear, For I 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. 
