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" twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. "
Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose - Page 463
edited by - 1910 - 756 pages
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History of Louisiana: The French Domination, Volume 1

Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 552 pages
...— "I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be F Borne, like bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane." But, before his departure, he gave some wholesome advice to his government : — " It is necessary,"...
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Selections from the writings of lord Byron, by a clergyman [W. Elwin].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 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. CHILDE HAROLD.— Canto IV. MODERN GREECE. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of...
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Cooper's Works, Volume 32

James Fenimore Cooper - American literature - 1855 - 460 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 ;...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." BTBOV. IT was past the turn of the day when Roswell Gardiner reached his vessel, after having carefully...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1856 - 312 pages
...I will cut thee level with the plain, and hurl thee headlong into the sea." ABSURD BOAST OF XERXES. "And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful...a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear. For I was, as it*were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy b-illows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 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 did not know that Lord Byron was here...
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Sea lions

James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 504 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thv bubbles, onward ; from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to mo Were a delight ; and If the freshening sea Made them...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." Brand IT was past the turn of the day when Roswell Gardiner reached his vessel, after having carefully...
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The Course of Time

Robert Pollok - 1856 - 412 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with tliy breakers — they to ine Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." And play'd familiar with his hoary locks. 685 Stood on the Alps, stood on the Apennines, And with the...
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Men and Things: Or, Short Essays on Various Subjects, Including Free Trade

James Loring Baker - Protectionism - 1858 - 358 pages
...monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; them goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane as I do here." To this influence the New England mind seems peculiarly fitted to respond. We love the ocean and all...
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Men and Things: Or, Short Essays on Various Subjects, Including Free Trade

James Loring Baker - Protectionism - 1858 - 300 pages
...monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane as I do here." To this influence the New England mind seems peculiarly fitted to respond. We love the ocean and all...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 362 pages
...breast to be ' Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy . I wanton' d with thy breakers-*-they to mo Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. • CLXXXV. My task is done, my song hath ceased, my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell...
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