 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...contained in the second ctanza of this canto, where Lord Byron dwells on his embarkation from England. " Once more upon the waters ! yet once more ! And the...bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider." Chapman, in his Kyron's Conspiracy •, (the coincidence of the name is singular), has this comparison... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 692 pages
...shores could grieve or glad mine eye. The winds lift up tUeir voices: 1 depart, " Once more upon tlie waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath...steed That knows his rider.' Welcome, to their roar! Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a reed, "* """Arid the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale,... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 536 pages
...upon the waters! Yet once morel. And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knowt Ids rider. . . Still must I on; for I am as a weed Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam to sail, Wherein tbe surge may tweep, the tempett breath prevail." 'By such an introduction, we are prepared... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliography - 1817 - 606 pages
...thus repeating aloud to the whistling cessarily compelled to be brief. I will however do my utmost. 1 Once more upon the waters, yet once more ! And the...waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider !' Resuming the poetical strain, which seems just now very strangely to have possessed us, '------... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 pages
...companionless, fro») wave to wave, On life's rough sea— and there was none to save. . MONTGOMERY. - For I am as a weed Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam to sail, Where'er the snrge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevailHere the similarity is not, as in the preceding instances,... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...I know not; but the hour's gone by, j When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. "Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the...wheresoe'er it lead ! Though the strain'd mast should quiver US ¡I ТИП), And the rent canvas flottering strew the gale, Still must I on; for I am as a weed,... | |
 | Religion - 1818 - 904 pages
...gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. "Once more npon the waters I yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a...their roar! Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it kad! Though the straiu'd mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...know not; but the hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. II. Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the...fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on; for I am as a wred, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...know not ; but the hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. II. Once more upon the waters ! yet once more ! And the...steed That knows his rider. Welcome, to their roar ! •s. Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it lead I Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a... | |
 | German literature - 1822 - 534 pages
...fdf)tt>ell'n bic ЗБозсл, itnb bie SBintt Streben Çeulenb iÇre Stimmen — Unb in bei folgenben Stande: Once more upon the waters! yet once more ! And the...canvas fluttering strew the gale Still must I on. 9lod> «innwí auf bie SBalïer benn Unb а!етф bem SRofr, baê fennt ben SSeiter, Eie äBoge unter... | |
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Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on ; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock, on ocean's foam, to sail Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail. 
