| Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 pages
...prime vigour ! No spirit feels waste, " Not a muscle is stopped in its playing nor sinew unbraced. " Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock...pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, " And the meal, the rich dates yellowed over with gold dust divine, " And the locust-flesh steeped in the pitcher,... | |
| Edward William Lane - 1879 - 302 pages
...manhood's prime vigour ! No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock...the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in the pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his... | |
| Henry Crossley Irwin - 1880 - 414 pages
...abandon himself for a season to the bliss of an existence such as Browning has sung of in " Saul " : — "Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rook, • The strong rending of boughs from the fir tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a... | |
| Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 pages
...prime vigor! No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oil ! Just as I am — thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome,...Lamb of God, I come ! Just as I am — of that free locust flesh steeped in the pitcher, the full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river-channel... | |
| Robert Browning - 1881 - 1006 pages
...manhood's prime vigour 1 no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living! the leaping from rock...the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the hear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the rich dates yellowed... | |
| Browning Society (London, England) - 1881 - 610 pages
...prime vigour! no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Olí, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the tir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the... | |
| 1881 - 636 pages
...boughs from the palm-trees, The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living water— The haunt of the bear, And the sultriness, showing the lion Is couched in his lair — The meal, the rich dates, yellowed over ] With gold-dust divine, And the locust-flesh steeped in... | |
| Stanley Lane-Poole - 1882 - 276 pages
...unto rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in the pool's living water, the hunt of the bear. And the...dates yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the locust flesh steeped in the pitcher, the deep draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river-channel,... | |
| Muḥammad (Prophet) - 1882 - 278 pages
...stopped in its playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock unto rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in the pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his... | |
| Richard St. John Tyrwhitt - 1882 - 250 pages
...boughs from the palm-tree, The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living water} The haunt of the bear, And the sultriness, showing the lion Is couched in his lair — The meal — the rich dates, yellowed o'er With gold-dust divine; And the locust-flesh steeped... | |
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