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 works of lord Byronby George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Snippet view - About this book
| Rodney Farnsworth - Art - 2001 - 360 pages
...as on thy hreasi to he Borne. like thy bnbbles. onward: from a bov ! wantoned with tby breakers — they to me Were a delight: and if the freshening sea...was as it were a child of thee. And trusted to thy billows far and near. And laid m\ hand upon tby mane — as I do here l184l. Here. more than just Harold(Byron... | |
| Elizabeth B. Sherman - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 244 pages
...was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea...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. from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage... | |
| Fiona Capp - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 316 pages
...so heralded a new, aesthetic relationship with the sea. 'I wantoned with thy breakers,' wrote Byron. 'They to me / Were a delight; and if the freshening...sea / Made them a terror, 'twas a pleasing fear.' Yet I knew that my love of the sea was not solely derived from the attraction of the sublime, the longing... | |
| Drummond Bone - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 340 pages
...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...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. (CHP, iv. 1 84) This dramatic... | |
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