 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
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 504 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." Brand IT was past the turn of the day when Roswell Gardiner reached his vessel, after having carefully... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1856 - 412 pages
...— they to ine 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." And play'd familiar with his hoary locks. 685 Stood on the Alps, stood on the Apennines, And with the... | |
 | Theodore Clapp - 1857 - 450 pages
...year, if I had the means and time. I can say with Byron, — " And I have loved thec, Ocean, and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...freshening sea Made them a terror, 'twas a pleasing fear." To me it seems an enviable end to be submerged or lost at sea. All is soon over ; there is no trouble... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 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,...delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror, 't was a pleasing fear ; For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...zone Obeys thee; thoti goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne,...delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 't was a pleasing fear; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
 | James Loring Baker - 1858 - 300 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 like...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... | |
 | James Loring Baker - 1858 - 358 pages
...Obeys thee ; them goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne like...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... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1860 - 450 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." ETHOS. IT was past the turn of the day when Roswell Gardiner reached his vessel, after having carefully... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 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. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell should... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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. BYRON. frt Sn at IT is the midnight hour : — the beauteous sea, Calm as the cloudless heaven, the... | |
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