 | 1839 - 546 páginas
...the sublimity of nature. "To roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river, stream, or ocean, in their flow, In these my early strength...catch The dazzling lightnings till my eyes grew dim, These were my pastimes * * * Then I passed The nights of years in sciences untaught, Save in the old... | |
 | Shilleto Richard - 2019 - 464 páginas
...of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite ; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll...along On the swift whirl of the new breaking wave Of river, stream, or ocean, in their flow. In these my early strength exulted ; or To follow through the... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1864 - 708 páginas
...neither ladies nor gentlemen swim much in winter; but in summer how sweet the water is; how luxurious ' to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the uew breaking ware Of river-stream, or ocean, In their flow 1* Or lacking these, in the calmer water... | |
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I held but slight communion ; but instead, My joy was in the Wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll... 
