 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...  Poetical Works - Page 301by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 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... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 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." What connexion of thought or feeling is there between the first and the second of these stanzas ? None.... | |
 | England - 1818 - 762 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...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — aa I do here. 185. My task is done — my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into nn echo ;... | |
 | England - 1833 - 1006 pages
...breakers. They to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made thrm a terror, 'twas a childish fear ; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy blllows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane." ChiUe HaroM. " Heaven's verge extreme Reverberates... | |
 | 1818 - 806 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. 185. My task is done— my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
 | 1821 - 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 to thy billows far ind near, '• • •! laid in v band upon thy nunc— :, > I do here. LE PATTISSIER. Monsieur grown... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of tbee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here. CLXXXV. My taskis done— my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell should break... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 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 to thy billo ws far and near , And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here., CLXXXV. My task is done —... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...they to ms 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 *). *) Ach! dafs die Wüste mein Wohnsitz wäre, ein holdes Wesea •dort zu meiner Bedienung , dafs... | |
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