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" 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 and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I... "
An Essay on Elocution, Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners - Page 222
by Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 357 pages
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...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...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LOUD BYBON. "Silence, ye troubled waves; and thou deep, peace, Said then th' omnific word; your discord...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...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...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. 6. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 9

1843 - 778 pages
...exclamation — " Yes, by George, I've seen it in all these situations." And at these concluding lines — " For I was, as it were, a child of thee, " And trusted..."And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." "I have done it a hundred times," again chimed in the Captain. " Laid my hand, indeed — why I have...
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The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 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...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXl. ci»ro IT. CLXXXV. My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme Has died into an echo...
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Results of Reading

James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...the weary night dawn'd wearier day, And bitterer was the grief devour'd alone!' My task is done — my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell should break of this protracted dream, The torch should be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp—and what is writ, is writ: — Would it were...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...wantoned with thy breakers— they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — $ [An Italian Erening on die Banl-з of the Bivnta.'] [From • Childe Ilarold-T The moon is up, and...
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A lecture on the influence and advantages of education

John Downes Owens - 1844 - 64 pages
...with thy breakers, — they to me Were a delight ; and if the fresh'ning sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was, as it were, a child...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane, as I do here," — and in hopes that the ocean of intellect, now for the most part confined within shoals of vice,...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear ; For I was ae re beautiful green, But a eweetbrier [An Italian Evening on the BaxJa of the Brenta.] [From ' Childe Harold.1] The moon is up, and yet it...
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National Preceptor

Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...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...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...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors. To ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...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...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LORD BYBON. "Silence, ye troubled waves ; and thou deep, peace, Said then th' omnific word; your discord...
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