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...the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing 65 Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll...their flow. In these my early strength exulted; or 70 To follow through the night the moving moon, The stars and their development; or catch The dazzling...

...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 . ....

...My joy was in the wilderness,— to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top . . . 168 to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave . . . (II, ii, 62-69) His lonely solitude was not the result of pride alone. The...

...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...

...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...

...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...