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... Junior High School Literature ... - Page 525by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922Full view - About this book
| 1818 - 638 pages
...Obeys thee ; thou guest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And1 1 Have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted, to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon... | |
| England - 1838 - 884 pages
...they to mo Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." What connexion of thought or feeling is there between the first and the second of these stanzas ? None.... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 648 pages
...Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. • And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon... | |
| 1821 - 438 pages
...Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee. And trusted to thy billows far ind near, '• • •! laid in... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...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 a child of thee, And trusted...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here. 185. My task is done— my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. CL XXXIV. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...freshening sea Made them a terror— 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee , And trusted to thy billo ws far and near , And laid my hand... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...they to ms Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here *). *) Ach! dafs die Wüste mein Wohnsitz wäre, ein holdes Wesea •dort zu meiner Bedienung , dafs... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. CLXXX1V. And I hare loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...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 a child of thee, And trusted...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Has died into an echo; it is fit i The... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...Obeys'thee — thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terrour, — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows... | |
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