| 502 pages
...the rest, did feelingly aver. And now for awhile — " Our task is done : our song hath ceased ; our theme Has died into an echo. It is fit The spell should break of this protracted dream. And what is writ is writ ; would it were worthier !" And BO, wishing you, kind reader, and the gallant... | |
| 1818 - 638 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...break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ,— Would it were worthier... | |
| England - 1848 - 788 pages
...wanton'dwith 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...And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here." These Stanzas may be separated from the Poem — the feeling of readers innumerable so separates them... | |
| England - 1818 - 762 pages
...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...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — aa I do here. 185. My task is done — my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into nn echo ;... | |
| 1818 - 806 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. 185. My task is done— my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
| 1821 - 438 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 of thee. And trusted to thy billows far ind near, '• • •! laid in v band upon thy nunc— :, > I do here. LE PATTISSIER. Monsieur grown... | |
| Ebenezer Rhodes - Derbyshire (England) - 1899 - 318 pages
...pains and pleasures that have attended it are at an end. " My task is done ; my song hath ceas'd ; my theme Has died into an echo ; — it is fit The spell should break of this protracted drearn : The torch shall he extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ is writ... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of tbee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here. CLXXXV. My taskis done— my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into an echo ; it is fit The spell... | |
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