 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 thy mane — as I do here.  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 190by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy man* — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done — my song...lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ, — Would it were worthier ! but I am not now That which I have been — and my visions flit Less palpably... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...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 far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON CXXXII. On the use and abuse of amusements. — ALISON. IT were unjust and ungrateful to conceive... | |
 | Henry Pellatt - 1823 - 210 pages
...wrap myself within its galling chain, Though sunny hours may glow there — feverish, short, and vain. My task is done, my song hath ceased, my theme Has died into an echo — it is fit The quires should rest of this protracted ream ; The Sprees are now extinguished, which have lit My oil-less... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 420 pages
...memory may once more call into existence, the pains and pleasures that have attended it are at an end. " My task is done; my song hath ceased; my theme Has...hath lit My midnight lamp— and what is writ is writ — Would it were worthier ! but I am not now That which I have bnen — and my visions flit Less palpably... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...memory may once more call into existence, the pains and pleasures that have attended it are at an end. " My task is done; my song hath ceased ; my theme Has...lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ is writ — Would it were worthier ! but I am not now That which I have been — and my visions flit Less palpably... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here. My task is done—my song hath ceased—my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell...torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp—and what is writ, is writ— Would it were worthier ! but I am not now That which I have been—and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy hillows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done— my song has ceased — my them* Has dicd into an echo ; it is fit The spell should hreak of this protraeted... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...freshening 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 thy mane — as I do here. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell should... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...mnne—as i do here. CLXXXV. My task is done—my song hath ceased—my theme Has died into an echo; ifis fit The spell should break of this protracted dream....torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp—and what is writ, is writ— Would it were worthier! but I am not now That which I have been—and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done — my song bath ceased— my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit...My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ,— Would it were worthier ! but 1 am not now That which I have been— and my visions flit Less palpably... | |
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