| 1847 - 526 pages
...once more, And the waves bound beneath me, as a steed That knows his rider! BYRON'S Childe Harold. 4. 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 Cooke Taylor - 1848 - 532 pages
...him." The Ship in which William the Conqueror aailed to England. CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF NORMANDY. O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts...the billows foam, Survey our empire and behold our bome. BtBO!». 1. THE nations who successively invaded southern Europe from the ninth to the twelfth... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...FIRST, " nessun maggior dnlnre. Che ricoidarsi del tempo felice Nells raiseria, • ." ilAN'l E. " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, aud our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam. Survey our empire, and behold... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1849 - 456 pages
...? The Ship in which William the Conqueror sailed to England. CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF NORMANDY. O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, arid our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire and behold... | |
| Mary Jane Windle - 1850 - 322 pages
...the horizon's rim, And though to freer skies I flee, My heart swells, and my eyes are dim !" WILUS. "O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts...their sway, Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey." BYROS. A NEAT, tight-built brig was preparing to sail from London. On her deck might have been seen... | |
| Joseph Lockwood - 1851 - 166 pages
...drop of eau de vie to tune them up to concert pitch. So " row, brothers row," and lel us be going " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts...billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home !" So push off, steer clear of that buoy bobbing up and down there, and don't run foul of the cable... | |
| Joseph Cross - 1851 - 366 pages
...may not beat in; but the parapets and dome are yet to be finished. VIII. THE SAILOR'S HOME. (1845.) " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts...our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear the billow's foam, Survey our empire and behold our home!" Byron. SCARCELY thirty years have elapsed since... | |
| Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 236 pages
...sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free. Far as the breeze can bear the billow's /bam, Survey our empire and behold our home. These are our realms, no limits to our sway — Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. The next extract .is a stanza of Gray's "Elegy,"... | |
| 1851 - 84 pages
...converse. Cbwper. 14. O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Your thoughts as boundless, and your soul as free. Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam Survey your empire, and behold your home. Byron. 15. O'er verdant prairie, or mountain brown, Far from the... | |
| Mary Jane Windle - 1852 - 360 pages
...the horizon's rim, And though to freer skies 1 flee, My heart swells, and my eyes are dim!" WILLIS. " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts...sway, • Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey." BYHON. A NEAT, tight-built brig was preparing to sail from London. On her deck might have been seen... | |
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