 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
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...before, To mingle with the universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Roll on, e restrain iny resentment tbee in vain ; Alan marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1852 - 776 pages
...it aa "oracular ocean!" in a stanza so far falling short of that magnificent one beginning Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain, that we will spare the author the pain of seeing them in juxta-position. The dreamy vision in... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1852 - 528 pages
...contains a beautiful apostrophe to the Ocean, reminding us of the finest strains of Lord Byron : Roll on, thou deep and dark -blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thco In vain. Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pages
...as "oracular ocean !" in a stanza so far falling short of that magnificent one beginning— Koll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thce in vain, that we will враге the author the pain of seeing them in jnxta-position. The dreamy... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pages
...before, To mingle with the universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll'. Ten thousand...sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control The wrecks are all % deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's image, save his own,... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...interesting to her, and she repeated, with lively sensations, that verse of the noble poet : — " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man murks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...mingle with the universe and feel ^" What I can ne'er express, yet can not all conceal!^ 2. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ^ Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in v& Man marks the earth with ruin, his +ccntri8** -^ J' Stops with the shore : upon the watery p!erv.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal CLXXIX. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over ihee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin— his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watory... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." Grandeur. Fastness. 75. " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain." 76. " Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. CLXXIX. Roll on, ce Christ a ɧ thec in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control S'ops with the shore ;— upon the watery... | |
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