| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 páginas
...when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows, That trembled o'er the brook. Twelve months are gone and over, And nine long... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...rows to land: " Adieu !" she cries ; and wav'd her lily hand. A BALLAD, FROM THF. WHAT-D'YK-CALI/-IT. , rcclin'd. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows,... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 364 páginas
...rows to land : " Adieu !" she cries ; and wav'd her lily hand. A BALLAD. FROM THE WHAT-D'YE-CALHT. 'TWAS when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind ; A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows,... | |
| 1822 - 418 páginas
...when the seas were rowing With hallow blasts of wind ; A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook. " Twelye months are gone and over, And nine long... | |
| John Gay - 1826 - 376 páginas
...Fleet-street posts, consign*d to fame, This work shall shine, and walker* bless my name. A BALLAD. I. 'TWAS when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind; A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd. Wide o'er the roaring billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...From ' What d' ye Call It T 'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow Ы ists of wind, A rlums!'! he cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if...kind. Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, hrook. * Twelve months are gone anrt over, And nine long tedious days; "Why didst thou, venturous lover.... | |
| 1835 - 378 páginas
...time and death shall be no more. 'TWAS WHEN THE SEAS WERE ROARING. JOHN GAY. Born 1688— Died 1732. 'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd : Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wishful look, Her head was crown'd with willows,... | |
| England - 1835 - 794 páginas
...time and death shall be no more. 'TWAS WHEN THE SEAS WERE ROARING. JOI1X GAY. Bora 168S— Died 1/22. 'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd : Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wishful look, Her head was crown'd with willows,... | |
| Garland - 1836 - 246 páginas
...Damon, bid thy Muse display The justice of thy Chloe's sorrow." JOHN GAY, Born \6S8,died 1732 SONG. 'TwAS when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts...crowned with willows, That trembled o'er the brook. " Twelve months are gone and over, And nine long tedious days ; Why didst thou, venturous lover, Why... | |
| Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - 290 páginas
...same kind. Upon a mountain Beneath a fountain. 196. Three Iambuses with hypermeter of the same kind. 'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts...wind, A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. 197. Four Iambuses. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage. 198. Five Iambuses... | |
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