 No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water,...  New Outlook - Page 3241897Full view - About this book
 | Sierra Club - 1915 - 506 pages
...the more a fit setting, perhaps, for the home of a vanishing race. "Oh, our manhood's prime vigour! No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in...silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the haunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the... | |
 | Phillips Brooks - 1896 - 376 pages
...in the presence of King Saul of this pure consciousness of joy in the mere fact of being alive. ' ' Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock...silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, — the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal... | |
 | Phillips Brooks - 1896 - 384 pages
...sing in the presence of King Saul of this pure consciousness of joy in the mere fact of being alive. " Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock...silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, — the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1896 - 562 pages
...again to my playing/pursued it unchecked, . -"'''' As I sang, — IX. " Oh, our manhood's prime vigour! No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in...joys of living! the leaping from rock up to rock, 70 \ • The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1896 - 550 pages
...again to my playing, pursued it unchecked, As I sang, — IX. '• Oh, our manhood's prime vigour! No spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in...joys of living! the leaping from rock up to rock, 70 ,The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's... | |
 | 1896 - 154 pages
...from the rocks, The long day wanes ; the slow moon climbs ; the sea Moans round with many voices. (h) Oh, the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock...The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the c<>ol silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water. (i) Do I view the world as a vwle of tears... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - 1896 - 212 pages
...young poet beguiling the furious spirit in the mighty Saul : — "Oh, our manhood's prime vigour I no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in...playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living I the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1896 - 566 pages
...in its playing nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living! the leaping from rock up to rock, 70 The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the...silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the... | |
 | Hamlin Garland - 1897 - 316 pages
...living. Do you know, few women know what that means ? It's been denied us. Only the men have known " ' The wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir free, the cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living water.' I try to teach my girls '... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1897 - 308 pages
...! " — No spirit feels waste, " No muscle is stopped in its playing " No sinew unbraced, — " And the wild joys of living ! The leaping " From rock up to rock — " The rending their boughs from the palm-trees, — " The cool silver shock " Of a plunge in the pool's living... | |
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