Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense - the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way? Tom Cringle's Log - Page 167by Michael Scott - 1834 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1839 - 354 pages
...sailor's life, in its most favorable aspect, before me, I have been led with Byron to exclaim — " Oh who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph, o'er the water wide, The exulting sense, the pulse's mad'ning play, That thrills the wand'rer of the trackless... | |
| John Marshall - Australia - 1839 - 152 pages
...we felt the full force of the beautiful lines of Byron : — " ' O ! who can tell, hnt he whose soul hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense, the pulse's madd'ning play That thrills the wanderer of that stormy way)' " Monday, 1 Oth. — Wind, south-west... | |
| John William Carleton - 1855 - 528 pages
...expedition, pointing out the delights of the sea, and quoting Byron's beautiful lines upon the subject — " Oh ! who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in trinmph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense, the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer... | |
| Sarah Rogers Haight - Egypt - 1840 - 344 pages
...eggshell boat over the chafed billows, until I almost fancied that 1 should like to be a sailor ; for " Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried,...That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way." e After a few hours passed in buffeting the angry waves, we gained the shelter of some small islands,... | |
| Isaac Butt - 1840 - 1124 pages
...comes in contact with the mighty muse that made him write as none could write, but one who felt: " O, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the water's wide, The exulting sense — the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...Not Ihou, vain lord of wantonness and ease ! Whom slumber soothes not — pleasure cannot please. Ob, ? That for itself can woo the approaching fight, And turn what some deem danger to delight ; That seeks... | |
| Asia - 1842 - 666 pages
...comprehended by those who have felt it, and which is happily described in those beautiful lines of Byron : — Oh ! who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried,...That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way ? The transports consisted mostly of what are called "country ships;" that is, vessels belonging to the Indian... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...Not thou, vain lord of wantonness and ease ! Whom slumber soothes not — pleasure cannot please — for joy can number their array. XLI. ? That for itself can woo the approaching fight. And turn what some deem danger to delight ; That seeks... | |
| John Hood - Australia - 1843 - 506 pages
...— " O'er the glad waters of the dark -blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Oh! who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried,...pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer on the trackless sea ! " But as music in mourning, or a tale out of season, so is such a description... | |
| Thomas Roscoe - Wales - 1844 - 514 pages
...to shore and from clime to clime, — in laying the products of all lands upon our own home-quays. " Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried,...That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way?" Yet let no one contemn the homely joys of a little inland trip, with its variety of picturesque and... | |
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