 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...what may now forbid That he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across THE STRID ? He sprang in glee,— for what cared he That the River was strong...young Romilly seen Till he rose a lifeless Corse! Now there is stillness in the Vale, And long unspeaking sorrow : — Wharf shall be to pitying hearts... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...what may now forbid That he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across THE STKID ? He sprang in glee,— -for what cared he That the River was...the leash hung back, And checked him in his leap. i. 2 147 The Boy is in the arms of Wharf, And strangled by a merciless force ; For never more was young... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...forbid That he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across THE STEID ? He sprang in glee,—for what cared he That the River was strong, and the rocks...steep! —But the Greyhound in the leash hung back, And check'd him in his leap. The Boy is in the arms of Wharf, And strangled by a merciless force ; For... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...•what may now forbid That lie. pcrliaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across Tai STUD? He sprang in glee, — for what cared he That the River was strong, and the rocks were steep? — Dut the Greyhound in the leash hung back, And checked him in bis leap. The Boy is in the arms of... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...may now forhid That he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound acroee THE STBID Ч He «prang AINS OF SLEEP. i.ni on my bed my limbs I lay, It hath not been m rock« were steep? — But the Greyhound in the leash hung back, And checked him in his leap. The Boy... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...what may now forbid That he, perhaps, for the hundredth time, Shall bound across the Strid ? He sprang in glee — for what cared he, That the river was...leap ! The boy is in the arms of Wharf! And strangled with a merciless force — For never more was young Romilly seen Till he rose a lifeless corse ! Long,... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 476 pages
...may now forbid That he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across the Strid ? " He sprang in glee— for what cared he That the river was strong...steep But the greyhound in the leash hung back, And check'd him in his leap. " The boy is in the arms of Wharf, And strangled by merciless force ; For... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 588 pages
...may now forbid Thaf he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across THE STRID 1 " He sprang in glee — for what cared he That the river was strong...But the greyhound in the leash hung back, . ^ And check'd him in his leap. " The boy is in the arms of Wharf, And strangled by a merciless force ; For... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 pages
...what may now forbid That he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across the Strid ? He sprang in glee, — for what cared he That the river was...the leash hung back, And checked him in his leap. i The boy is in the arms of Wharf, And strangled by a merciless force ; For never more was young Romilly... | |
 | 1845 - 558 pages
...eternity. Here the boy Egremond is said to have paid the penalty of his life for his temerity. " He sprang in glee, for what cared he That the river was strong...steep; But the greyhound in the leash hung back, And check'd him in his leap." And here, too, among those who have since found in the Strid a watery grave... | |
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A name which it took of yore : A thousand years hath it borne that name, And shall, a thousand more. And hither is young Romilly come, And what may now forbid That he, perhaps for the hundredth time, Shall bound across THE STRID ? He sprang in glee,—... 
