 Who would be doom'd to gaze upon A sky without a cloud or sun ? Less hideous far the tempest's roar Than ne'er to brave the billows more — Thrown, when the war of winds is o'er, A lonely wreck on fortune's shore, 'Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, Unseen...  The Port Folio - Page 981814Full view - About this book
 | 1812 - 576 pages
...; in which, we think, the chief force and beauty of the poem is summed up. It opens thus — • " Father ! thy days have pass'd in peace, " 'Mid counted beads, and countless prayer; " To bid the sans of others cease, " Thyself without a crime or care, •"' Save transient ills that all must bear,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813 - 90 pages
...Pelican is, I believe, the bird so libelled, by the imputation of feeding her chickens with her blood. " Father ! thy days have pass'd in peace, " 'Mid counted...of others cease, " Thyself without a crime or care, 125 " Save transient ills that all must bear, " Has been thy lot, from youth to age, " And thou wilt... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...wreck on fortune's shore, 'Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, • Unseen to drop by dull decay ; — . Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock !" * * * * * . We will now conclude this hasty criticism (for such it really is) with respectfully... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...lonely wreck on fortune's shore, 'Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, Unseen to drop by dull decay ; — Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal...or care, " Save transient ills that all must bear, 975 " Has been thy lot, from youth to age, " And thou wilt bless thee from the rage " Of passions fierce... | |
 | Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 pages
...in which, we think, the chief force and beauty of the poem is summed up. It opens thus — ' •• Father ! thy days have pass'd in peace, '< 'Mid counted...cease, " Thyself without a crime or care, '< Save trarsient ills that all must bear, •' Has been thy lot from youth to age, • And thou wilt bless... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 pages
...lonely wreck on fortune's shore, 'Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, Unseen to drop by dull decay ;— Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock ! 970 " Father ! thy days have pass'd in peace, " 'Mid counted beads, and countless prayer ; " To bid... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 228 pages
...to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock I 9/O " Father ! thy days have passed in peace, " Mid counted beads, and countless prayer;...or care, " Save transient ills that all must bear, 975 " Has been thy lot from youth to age; " And thou wilt bless thee from the rage " Of passions fierce... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...lonely wreck on fortune's shore, 'Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, Unseen to drop by dull decay; — Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock ! 97° " Father ! thy days have passed in peace, " Mid counted beads, and countless prayer; " To bid... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 384 pages
.... 970 ''Father! thy days have passed in peace, "Mid counted beads, and counlless prayer; •'To hid the sins of others cease, "Thyself without a crime...or care, ''Save transient ills that all must bear, 975 "Has been thy lot from youth to age; " And thou wilt bless thee from tite rage "Of passions fierce... | |
 | Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - English fiction - 1819 - 270 pages
...fortune's shore, • , • "Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, • •Unseen to diop by dull di:. ay / ' Better to sink beneath the shock ' Than moulder piecemeal on the rock ! — " It is not probable, Miss Argyie," continued Lord Montague, with melancholy earnestness, " that... | |
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