 How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.  The corsair, a tale [in verse.]. - Page 15de George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 114 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Robert George Hobbes - 1895 - 626 pages
...1848] Reminiscences of Seventy Years where, proudly bearing the royal standard and the Admiralty flag, "She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elemental strife." " Take it all in all," says Ruskin, " a ship of the line is the most honourable... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...gloriously her gallant course she goe* ! Her white wings flying — never from her foes; She walks the water like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle -fire — the wreck — To move the monarch of her peopled deck? BYRON: Corsair. How much unlike... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...majestically near, Speed on her prow, and terror in her tier. o. BYRON— The Corsair. Canto III. St. 15. She walks the waters like a thing of life. And seems to dare the elements to strife. p. BtROK—The Corsair. Canto I. St. 3. The true ship is the ship builder. g. EMERSON — Essays. Of... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1897 - 324 pages
...the sea has inspired him with a few brilliant lines describing the pirate's vessel in the Corsair — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife ; and again — Meantime, the steady breeze serenely blew, And fast and falcon-like the vessel flew.... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies." BYRON. Hebrew Melodies. She Walks in Beauty. " She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. \Vho would not brave the battle-fire — the wreck — To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? "... | |
 | William D. Hall - 1898 - 326 pages
...Dix. 9. They well deserve to have That know the strongest and surest way to get. — SHAKSPERE. 10. She walks the waters like a thing of life And seems to dare the elements to strife. — BYRON. 11. To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 332 pages
...of passions past." 1. 12. And the waves bound, etc. The strain of the sea again. Cf. Corsair: — " She walks the waters like a thing of life And seems to dare the elements to strife. Meantime, the stately breeze serenely blew, And fast and falcon-like the vessel flew." Siege of Corinth... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...who meet obey. The Corsair. Canto i. Stanea 1. Oh who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried. ibid. She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Stanza 3. 1 See Gray, page 382. s See Lovelace, page 259. Browne, page 218. s Solitudinem facinnt,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 pages
...dark. Already doubled is the cape — our bay Receives that prow which proudly spurns the spray. 90 How gloriously her gallant course she goes ! Her white...strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire, the wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? IV Hoarse o'er her side the rustling cable rings; The sails... | |
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