And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake shines a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing... Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt - Page 121by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
| Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee I How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the...they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. FROM " MA1UNO FALIEBO."1 ACT V. SCF.NE III. THE DOGE'S SPEECH BEFORE HIS EXECUTION. Doge. I speak to... | |
| Walter Colton - California - 1850 - 430 pages
...sharer in your fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee I How the lit wave shines a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing...they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth." 8 CHAPTER III. RIO DE JANEIRO. •AY OF RIO. SCENERY. — ASPECT OF THE CITY. ROYAL PALACE AND CHAPEL.... | |
| REV. WALTER COLTON - 1850 - 444 pages
...A sharer in your fierce and far delight,— A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit wave shines a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing...they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth." 8 CHAPTER III. EIO DE JANEIRO. BAY OF RIO. SCENERY. — ASPECT OF THE CITY. ROYAL PALACE AND CHAPEL.... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain coines dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black, — «nd now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee 1 How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth I And now again 'tis black, — and now the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth,... | |
| English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake...with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er the young earthquake's birth. Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight — A portion of the tempest and of thoe ! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the...they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. MODERN GREECE. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of dealh is fled, The first dark... | |
| William Russell - Elocution - 1851 - 392 pages
...glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake...sea; — And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! 6. What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving,... | |
| Daniel Wise - Christian life - 1851 - 362 pages
...And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud ! ****** How the lit lake shines a phosphoric sea, And the...big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 't is black, and now the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth, As if they did rejoice... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...glorious nighi! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me bo A sharer in thy fierce and far delight — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes daneing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with... | |
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