 He, tranced in joy, the oar laid down, And rose in careless pride, And swayed in cadence to the song The boat from side to side : Then clasping hand in loving hand, They danced a childish round, And felt as safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground....  Poems, Legendary and Historical - Page 126by Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton), Richard Monckton Milnes Baron Houghton - 1840 - 200 pages
...as safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground. One poise too much!—He headlong fell,— She, stretching out to save A feeble arm, was borne adown...after. Her weaker head above the flood, That quick engulft the strong, Like some enchanted water-flower, Waved pitifully long :— Long seemed the low... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground. One poise too much ! — He headlong fell,— She, stretching out to save A feeble arm, was borne adown...grave : — One moment, and the gush went forth Of musie-mingled laughter, — The struggling splash and deathly shriek Were there the instant after.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground. One poise too much ! — He headlong fell,— She, stretching out to save A feeble arm, was borne adown...grave : — One moment, and the gush went forth Of musie-mingled laughter, — The struggling splash and deathly shriek Were there the instant after.... | |
 | Mansfield Parkyns - Ethiopia - 1853 - 478 pages
...sunshine, what a change had come over our whole party! Twenty seconds after, his death-wail was raised— " One moment, and the gush went forth Of music-mingled...splash and deathly shriek Were there the instant after. And now that we were again on the spot, as if to make everything more gloomy, the sun was set, and... | |
 | Ireland - 1854 - 788 pages
...a change bad come over our whole party ! Twenty seconds after, his death-wail was raised — »» ' One moment, and the gush went forth Of music-mingled laughter— The struggling splash and deathly ehriek AVere there the ingtwnt after.' as if to make eveiythiug more gloomy, the sun was set, and scarcely... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...as safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground. One poise too much ! he headlong fell, — She, stretching out to save A feeble arm, was borne adown...went forth Of music-mingled laughter; The struggling spksh and deathly shriek Were there the instant after. -Her weaker head above the flood, That quick... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) - 1863 - 304 pages
...balsam-drops that woful wars distil. THE TRAGEDY OF THE LAC DE GAUBE IN THE PYRENEES. THE marrriage-blessing on their brows, Across the Channel seas And lands...That quick engulfed the strong, Like some enchanted water flower, Waved pitifully long : — Long seemed the low and lonely wail Athwart the tide to fade... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - English poetry - 1863 - 330 pages
...safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground. One poise too much ! — He headlong fell. — She stretching out to save A feeble arm, was borne adown...That quick engulfed the strong, Like some enchanted water flower, Waved pitifully long : — Long seemed the low and lonely wail Athwart the tide to fade... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - English poetry - 1868 - 258 pages
...felt as safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground. One poise too much !—He headlong fell,. She, stretching out to save A feeble arm, was borne adown...laughter,— The struggling splash and deathly shriek Her weaker head above the flood, That quick engulfed the strong, Like some enchanted water-flower,... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...safe in that mid-lake As on the firmest ground. One poise too much! — he headlong fell, — She, stretching out to save A feeble arm, was borne adown Within that glittering graverOne moment, and the gush went forth Of music-mingled laughter, — The struggling splash and... | |
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