 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...  Fly - Page 601839Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
.... . dread' . . . fathomless' . . . alone'. 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 Iwy' I wantoned with thy breakers': they to me' Were a delight*; and if the freshening sea' Made them... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...— 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 thy bubbles,...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...— thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocdan ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles,...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...fathomless, alone. Dark heaving ;—boundless, endless, and sublime— The image of Eternity—the throne Borne, like thy bubbles, onward ;—from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers—they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and... | |
 | 1836 - 418 pages
...youthful spoils was on its breast tobe Borne, like its bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantou'J with its breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the...sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear." The sailor's life was my " beau ideal" of happiness. As I grew older time strengthened rather than... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...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 thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers—they to me Were a delight; asd if the freshening sea Made them a terror—'twas a pleasing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...thougoest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! (l) and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ;...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. 1 [_" This passage would, perhaps, be read without emotion, if we aid not know that I,ord Byron was... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...on thy hreast to he Borne, like th,y huhhles, onward : from a hoy I wanton'd with thy hreakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening...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. 1 f" This passage would, perhaps,... | |
 | Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - Children - 1837 - 300 pages
...ambition ; it rewarded his dangers and his toils. " And I have lov'd thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the fresh'ning sea Made them a terror... | |
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