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" 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 do here. "
A history of English literature, in a series of biographical sketches - Page 312
by William Francis Collier - 1862
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...deep are made'; each zone' Obeys thee'; thou goest forth' . . dread' . . . fathomless' . . . alone'. And I have loved thee', Ocean'! and my joy* Of youthful...to be' Borne', like thy bubbles', onward': from a Iwy' I wantoned with thy breakers': they to me' Were a delight*; and if the freshening sea' Made them...
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The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation ...

John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 pages
...;—from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers—they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Made them a terror,—'twas a pleasing fear; For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful...thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers—they to me Were a delight; asd if the freshening sea Made them a terror—'twas a pleasing...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 8

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...each zone Obeys thee ; thougoest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! (l) 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...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 2

1836 - 418 pages
...youthful spoils was on its breast tobe Borne, like its bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantou'J with its breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the...sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear." The sailor's life was my " beau ideal" of happiness. As I grew older time strengthened rather than...
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The Dublin Penny Journal, Volume 1

1832 - 448 pages
...swim, which is too general. The idea of the necessity of being able to swim has never left me — " For I have loved thee ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be." And it was with great pleasure I lately learned that swirnmiig societies are now common on the Continent,...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...on thy hreast to he Borne, like th,y huhhles, onward : from a hoy I wanton'd with thy hreakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening...was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy hillows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. 1 f" This passage would, perhaps,...
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The Boy's Friend: Or The Maxims of the Cheerful Old Man

Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - 1837 - 300 pages
...his judgment; it gratified his ambition ; it rewarded his dangers and his toils. " And I have lov'd thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on...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 fresh'ning sea Made them a terror...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. CLXXXIV. And I have loved thee, Ocean 1 ! 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...
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The complete works of lord Byron, repr. from the last London ed ..., Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...poem." CroArr't DotuxU. то!, lii. p. 400.— LE 146 147 CLXXXIV. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! ( I ) and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy 1 wantou'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror...
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