 And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing...  The poetical works of lord Byron. Illustr. ed - Page 422by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 778 pages
...exclamation — " Yes, by George, I've seen it in all these situations." And at these concluding lines — " For I was, as it were, a child of thee, " And trusted...billows far and near, "And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." "I have done it a hundred times," again chimed in the Captain. " Laid my hand, indeed... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For 1 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. CLXXXl. ci»ro IT. CLXXXV. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Has... | |
 | John Downes Owens - Education - 1844 - 64 pages
...boy I wanton'd with thy breakers, — they to me Were a delight ; and if the fresh'ning sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was, as...billows, far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane, as I do here," — and in hopes that the ocean of intellect, now for the most part confined within... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...boy I wantoned with thy breakers— they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them ers — as I do here. [An Italian Erening on die Banl-з of the Bivnta.'] [From • Childe Ilarold-T The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear ; For I was ae re beautiful green, But a eweetbrier — as I do here. [An Italian Evening on the BaxJa of the Brenta.] [From ' Childe Harold.1] The moon... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...boy I wantoned with 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...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LORD BYBON. "Silence, ye troubled waves ; and thou deep, peace, Said then th' omnific... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...boy I wantoned with 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...billows far and. near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON XXIII. EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION. d : — her/, dead, did, made, grazed, hedged,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...boy, I wantoned with 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...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. In the dreams of delight, which with ardor we Oft the phantom of sorrow appears ;... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...boy I wanton'd with 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...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON CLVII. Wisdom. — POLLOK. 1. WISDOM is humble, said the voice of God. Tis... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...I wanton'd with 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...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as 1 do here. 6. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Hath died into an echo ;... | |
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