 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...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 se£ Made them a terror' — 'twas a pleasing fear' ; For I was', as it were, a childv of thee', And... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...Of youthful »ports wu on thy l»rta*t to he Borne like the bubbles, onward ; from a boy, I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening ил Made them a terror — 'twas a jileaMiig frar, For I was, as it were, я child of tR-e. And trusted... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...fathomless, alone. 5. And I have lov'd thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports, was, on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd...far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as 1 do here. 6. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Hath died into an echo ; 'tis fit... | |
 | 1837 - 396 pages
...on its breast to be Borne, like its bubbles, onward: from a boy I wanton'd with its breakers—they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror—'twas a pleasing fear." The sailor's life was my " beau ideal" of happiness. As I grew older... | |
 | Wolf Z. Hirst - 1991 - 218 pages
...with thy breakers - 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,...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. (4. 184) The buried allusion to Genesis 1:2 -"And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters"... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 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 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 to thy billows far and... | |
 | Paul H. Fry - 1995 - 276 pages
...the parentage of Ocean and then denies even that priority by taming the great devourer to his will: For I was as it were a Child of thee, And trusted...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. (4.184) The ocean is Byron's last semblable, not a complementary double or other, for those will always... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - 1996 - 364 pages
...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...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here. (Complete Poetical Works, vo1. II, pp. 184-6) Discussion There is much here that reminds us of Wordsworth:... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. CLXXXIV CLXXXI Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them...pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, 1655 And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here. My task... | |
 | Warren Stevenson - 1996 - 166 pages
...autobiographical touch: 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 fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far... | |
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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 wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing... 
