 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
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy 1 wantou'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. CLXXXV. My task is done (2)... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...a boy 1 wintun'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Ma«ie it may be, that in vain I would essay as I have sung to sing. Yet, though a d Vmi trusted to thy billows far and near, Afld laid my baud upon thy mane - as I do here. My task is... | |
 | Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - Children - 1837 - 300 pages
...me Were a delight ; and if the fresh'ning 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." Magellan would, willingly, have... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...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...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. MANFRED'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN.... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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...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. HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY ON DEATH.... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...was on thy breast to bo Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers— they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening...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.' It is from an instinctive yearning... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 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...'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thcc, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON... | |
 | 1838 - 876 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 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... | |
 | United States - 1850 - 616 pages
...which is meant for fine poetry, and stolen from Byron at that. Byron says, speaking of the ocean : " For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows, fur and near, And laid my hand upon thy muue — as I do here." Mr. Macaulay is determined... | |
 | 1839 - 320 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...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. ANSWER TO CHARADE IN NO. XV. The... | |
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