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... A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter - Page 35by Thomas Shorter - 1861Full view - About this book
| 1827 - 574 pages
...following parody, not inaptly applied. 148 OAIETIES AND GRAVITIES. HUMBUG (ADDRESS TO THE OCEAN.) " And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy " Of youthful..." 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... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms...to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a deltght; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror... | |
| 1828 - 814 pages
...thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where th' Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all...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... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeysthee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I...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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...been before, To mingle with the universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet can not all conceal. And I have loved thee., ocean! and my joy Of youthful...to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Wert- a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...endless, and sublime — The imago of Eternity — the throne Of the invisible ; even from out thy slimo The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys...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... | |
| 1866 - 728 pages
...And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has driod up realms to deserts ; not so thou, Unchangeable save...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 - 1832 - 488 pages
...of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. CLXXXIV. And I have loved thee, ocean ! and my joy Of youthful...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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. CLXXXIV. And I have loved thee, ocean ! and my joy Of youthful...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... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms...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... | |
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