 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...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt - Page 157by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...joy 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...thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. SATAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN. O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st... | |
 | Scotland - 1833 - 1034 pages
...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...if the freshening sea Made them a terror, 'twas a childish fear ; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - American fiction - 1834 - 228 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...was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billow far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane." After the tornado had swept along, the cry was... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...Of youthful sports', was' . . on thy breast to be' Borne', like thy bubbles', onward': from a Iwy' I wantoned with thy breakers': they to me' Were a delight*; and if the freshening sea' Made them a terrour', 'twas a pleating fear', For I was', as it were',* a child of thee', And trusted to thy billows... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...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;...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here. LESSON CXXXII. On the use and abuse of amusements. — ALISON. IT were unjust and ungrateful to conceive... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...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;...thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON CXXXII. On the use and abuse of amusements. — ALISON. IT were unjust... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 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 ;...thy billows far and 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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...breakers—they to me Were a delight; asd if the freshening sea Made them a terror—'twas a pleasing fear, For 1 was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here. CXIX. THE THUNDER STORM.—Montgomery. Oh for evening's brownest shade; Where the breezes play by stealth,... | |
 | 1836 - 418 pages
...youthful spoils was on its breast tobe Borne, like its bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantou'J with its breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the...sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear." The sailor's life was my " beau ideal" of happiness. As I grew older time strengthened rather than... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy 1 wantou'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and...thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done (2) — my song hath ceased — my Has died into an... | |
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