 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 552 pages
...tranquil and of a troubled scene. " Clear, placid Leman, thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwell in, is a thing Which warns me with its stillness to...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I, with... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...GENEVA. Lake Leman, in a Calm. "Clear, placid Tainan ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild worlil I dwell in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness,...quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from destruction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring. Sounds sweet as if a Sister's... | |
 | 1817 - 608 pages
...sxquisits passage is his description of Leman. ' Clear, placid Lcman, thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 696 pages
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns tne, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...passage in the poem. LXXXV. " Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwell in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness,...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved the Ha me Of Heaven again assail'd, if Heaven the while On man and man's research could deign to do... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...revolutionary politics. " Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, ¡sa thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake...troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is ai a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn Ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, 1o forsuke Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...punish or forgive — in one we shall be slower. LXXXV. Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...forgive — in one we shall be slower. LXXXV. Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn Ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...had penned me in their fold. ***** Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wide world I've dwelt in is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness,...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar ; but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sisters voice reproved, ' That I with... | |
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Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction : once... 
