 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...— they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror, — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane,— as I do here. MANFRED'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN. Glorious orb 1 the idol Of early nature and the vigorous race Of undiseased... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...breakers— they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.' It is from an instinctive yearning for natural grandeur and beauty, that, after an admirable comparative... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...to me "Were a delight; and 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...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." [Sept. What connection of thought or feeling is there between the first and the second of these stanzas... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thcc, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON CLVII. Wisdom. — POLLOK. 1. WISDOM is humble, said the voice of God. Tis proud, the world... | |
 | United States - 1850 - 616 pages
...which is meant for fine poetry, and stolen from Byron at that. Byron says, speaking of the ocean : " For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows, fur and near, And laid my hand upon thy muue — as I do here." Mr. Macaulay is determined to make... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror, 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane, as I do here. ANSWER TO CHARADE IN NO. XV. The Letler L. CHARADE. Out with the coach I always go, In with the coach... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...— they to me Were a delight; and, if the freshening Sea Made them a terror, — 't was a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted...And laid my hand upon thy mane, — as I do here. LESSON CXXXIII. Religion in the People necessary to good Government. 1. OF all the dispositions and... | |
 | 1839 - 384 pages
...breakers— they to me Were a delight, and if the freshening sea Made them a terror— 'twas a pleasing fear ; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." BYHON IT was in the Summer of 1835, that heing on a visit at the great naval depot of Plymouth, I was... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." NAVIGATING THE OCEAN BY STEAM THE DELAWARE RAIL ROAD. The several successful voyages of the "Great... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1849 - 522 pages
...rest, did feelingly aver. And now for awhile — • Our task is done : our song hath ceased ; our theme Has died into an echo. It is fit The spell should break of this protracted dream. And what is writ is writ ; would it were worthier !" And so, wishing you, kind reader, and the gallant... | |
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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... 
