 The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool 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.  The Contemporary Review - Page 1431867Full view - About this book
 | Robert Browning - 1895 - 1066 pages
...bent once again to my playing, punned it unchecked, As I sang: — "Oh, our manhood's prime vigor 1 No spirit feels waste. Not a muscle is stopped in its playing nor «be« unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping fnnu rock up и. 1 1 и I, , The strong... | |
 | Isabel E. Cohen - 1895 - 304 pages
...vigor ! — 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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1896 - 550 pages
...hung there erect. And I bent once again to my playing, pursued it unchecked, As I sang, — IX. '• Oh, our manhood's prime vigour! No spirit feels waste,...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 - 566 pages
...still hung there erect. And I bent once again to my playing, pursued it unchecked, As I sang, — IX.' "Oh, our manhood's prime vigour! No spirit feels waste,...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... | |
 | 1897 - 1084 pages
...sympathize with and anew embody the delight of Browning's " David :" Oh, our manhood's prime vigor ! No spirit feels waste ; Not a muscle is stopped in...silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, . . . How good is man's life, the mere living ! How fit to employ All the heart and the soul and 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... | |
 | 1897 - 716 pages
...that means ? It's been denied us. Only the men have known " ' The iv ild joys of living ! the If aping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir tree, the cool sillier snock Of a plunge in the pool's living water.' The men cheered as she paused... | |
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