 Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the Eatery 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...  Tom Cringle's Log - Page 180by Michael Scott - 1876 - 542 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...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 in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control 48 WILSON'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 336 pages
...the following sublime description : 15 169 " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks...— HIS control Stops with the shore;— upon the wat'ry plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage save his own, When,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. 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 wilh the shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 324 pages
...seas in the following sublime description : 15 " 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 trith the shore;—upon the wat'ry plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Royal Robbins - American literature - 1845 - 342 pages
...Byron, we may present his APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN. 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 u Stops with the shove; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain... | |
 | Children's literature - 1845 - 492 pages
...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 in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. CLXXIX. Roll on, thon deep and dark-blue ocean — roll ! Ten e, Some moments, av, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, wilh the shore ; — upon the watery plain Tti« wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...can ne'er express, yet can not all conceal CLXXIX. 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 Slops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1847 - 486 pages
...acknowledging whence the ideas were borrowed : — " 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 snore ; — upon the wat'ry plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage.... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...can ne'er exprese, yet cannot all conceal. " Rollón, thon deep and dark blue Ocean! — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with min — his control Stops with the shore :— upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor... | |
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