 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
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...quest through time and space for Moby Dick. It seems like an improvised piece of oratory - roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain! - but the language is biblical, majestic. These are Old Testament puzzles and codes, his interest... | |
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...which the clumsy skill of the Romans had enabled them to capture. 45. HANNIBAL'S VOW. " Roll on, thorn deep and dark blue Ocean— roll ; Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in rain." — BYKON. FIFTEEN years passed away and Bome and Carthage were still fighting for the mastery... | |
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