 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...to-morrow with prophetic ray ! He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.* THE CORSAIR. Canto i. St. 1. O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home. * "... | |
 | Henry Butler Stoney - 1856 - 386 pages
...Athnosperma moechata," read "sassafrasor Atherosperma moscfiata." T^ EESIDENCE IN TASMANIA. CHAPTEE I. O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows roam, Survey our empire, and behold our home ! THB... | |
 | John Clark Ferguson - 1856 - 90 pages
...changing life and tumultuous joys of a Corsair's life ? Part of the song I shall now give you— " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls aa tree ; Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home ! These... | |
 | 1856 - 334 pages
...majesty of the ocean ! How forci- i bly is one reminded of Byron's beautiful lines." And she quoted : " ' O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless and oar souls as free. For as the breeze can bear the billows' foam, •Survey oar empire and behold oar... | |
 | 1886 - 890 pages
...the keynotes to certain associations which he himself connects with them. The first couplet of the Corsair, — " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free," — is not so much intended to paint the ocean as to convey the feeling which that element... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1857 - 500 pages
...their persons, in an expedition that did not possess the ordinary means of security. CHAPTER XIV. " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home." BYRON.... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 pages
...To all the sensual world proclaim, One glorious hour of crowded life Is worth an age without a name. O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home. The... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...And affectionately, His obedient servant, January 2, IBl-i. BYRON. THE CORSAIR. CANTO THE FIRST. I. O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea,* Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home ! These... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1859 - 510 pages
...delightful one, and the channel gave none of its u$ual signs of commotion, and we went skipping on, — " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our homes as free ; Far as the breeze can bear the billows' foam, Behold our empire and survey our home... | |
 | William Henry G. Kingston - 1860 - 354 pages
...course down Channel, mightily glad that we were free of all fast young ladies and flirting widows, — " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Par as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!" Spouted... | |
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O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home! 
