Roll on, thou deep and dark, blue Ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Lord Byron. Man marks the earth with ruin; his control Stops with the shore : upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's... Southern Quarterly Review - Page 112edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
| Edith F. A. U. Painton - Commencement ceremonies - 1915 - 378 pages
...every storm, and weather any opposing force with no fear of disaster, saying with Byron, "Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain!"— But not in vain the Class of 19—! We will go on writing new logs of greater adventure,... | |
| James Albert Winans - Elocution - 1915 - 504 pages
...freshening down the bay! The rising sails are filling, give way, my lads, give way. —Whittier. 6. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. — Byron. 7. It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey-nonino ! That o'er... | |
| Nellie Elfa Turner - Reading - 1915 - 540 pages
...utter words quickly and yet have no conception of the thought. Such a pupil will read : " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll — Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain," with slight difference in rate from a lighter passage. And many a teacher will attribute it... | |
| R. E. Pattison Kline - 1916 - 246 pages
...before, To mingle with the universe and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Boll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll! Ten thousand...sweep over thee in vain, Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth... | |
| Calvin Leslie Lewis - Elocution - 1916 - 274 pages
...that knows no breaking; Dream of battle-fields no more Days of danger, nights of waking. 4. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand...sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore— 5. He is fallen! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy,... | |
| James Albert Winans - Elocution - 1917 - 632 pages
...down the bay J The risiug sails are filling, give way, my lads, give way. — Whittier. 6. Roll on. thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee iu vain. T. It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, 'and a hey-nonino ! That o'er the green... | |
| Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1918 - 428 pages
...ranging from mountains and ocean in one writer to small flowers and quiet lakes in another. "Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain," writes Byron ; and Wordsworth : "To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that... | |
| Vida Dutton Scudder - English poetry - 1919 - 572 pages
...mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet can not all conceal. CLXXIX. Eoll on, thou deep 'and dark blue Ocean — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; i605 Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain... | |
| Adelaide Patterson - Chants - 1922 - 182 pages
...exercise for low pitch, use "The Ocean" by Byron. The following lines are especially good: Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. One should allow the meaning of the lines to enter into his consciousness. Such an experience... | |
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