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" Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll [ Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed... "
A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Page 421
by Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 715 pages
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Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 7

Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...beautiful passage near the close of Childe Harold, the address to the ocean : " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...shore: upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain,...
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Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises ...

James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 pages
...— give me liberty, or give me death ! Ex. VI. — THE OCEAN. — Byron. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own ; When, for a moment, like a drop of rain,...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors. To ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...the Universe, and feel, What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain,...
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Rural sketches and poems, chiefly relating to Cleveland

John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 pages
...galaxy of bards, has spoken more nobly than our own immortal Byron : — ^" Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When for a moment, like a drop of rain,...
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The general reciter; a unique selection of the most admired and popular ...

General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...universe, — and feel \Vbat I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean ! — roll ; Ten thousand fleets sweep...; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed ; nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When for a moment, like a drop of rain,...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...important, a promise, yet to be fulfilled, so glorious! LESSON XCI. QUANTITY. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed. Note. — Let the syllables marked in Italics be protracted in utterance. This will give the...
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The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for ...

Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...Falls of Tivoli. • The house of Horace. * The glow-worm. TO THE OCEAN. ROLL on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When for a moment, like a drop of rain,...
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The African Repository, Volume 21

1845 - 398 pages
...a walk of fifteen minutes brought us in full view of the old Atlantic. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of raiu,...
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The Reader's Guide: Containing a Notice of the Elementary Sounds in the ...

John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...midnight', as in blaze of dajr, LESSON LXXX. THE OCEAN. Iambic. Five feet. ROLL on*, thou deep and dark-blue ocean' — roll' ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over...— upon the watery plain' The wrecks are all thy' deed*, nor doth remain' A shadow of man's ravage, save his own', When, for a moment', like a drop of...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark-blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee...shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain . A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of...
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