 | 1805 - 506 pages
...S\vept from their sheeted sides the showery foam. Vain, now, were all the seamen's homeward hopes, Vain all their skill !. . we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...remembered terrors of the storm, is easy natural and amusing . 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hcarthi to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep,...that. we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale sqrain, And, with nn eager aad suspended soul, tt'oo terror to Might ut i— but to hear The roaring... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1806 - 276 pages
...Swept from their sheeted sides the showery foam. Vain, now, were all the seamen's homeward hopes, Vain all their skill ! . . we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 318 pages
...homeward hopes, Vain all their skill! .. we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen lo the perilous tale a^ain, And, with an eager and suspended soul, Woo Terror to delight us ;.. but... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1815 - 330 pages
...Swept from their sheeted sides the showery foanii Vain, now, were all the seamen's homeward hopes, Vain all their skill ! . . we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...heavy gales of wind which continue for three or four days, often occur in the month of February. ' I .< pleasant, by the cheerful hearth to hear of tempests, and the dangers of the deep. And panieal times, and feel that we are safe; Then listen to the perilous tale again. And, with an eager... | |
 | Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...homeward hopes, Vain all their skill! — we drove before the storm. T is pleasant, by the chcarful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...feel that we are safe; Then listen to the perilous talc again, And with an eager nnd suspended soul. Woo terror to delight us — But to hear The roaring... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 566 pages
...SPAIN, AND WIFE OF ALRERT, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA. THE PROTEGEE: A TALE . BY MRS. TR EDMONDS. CHAPTER I. " 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests...And pause at times and feel that we are safe ; Then, with an eager and suspended soul, woo terror to delight uc." THE traveller, whose love for the picturesque... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...musty straw ? — alack! alack! 'Tis wonder that thy life and wits at once Had not concluded all. 3 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of...times, and feel that we are safe; Then listen to the pleasing tale again, And, with an eager and attentive ear, Woo sorrow to delight us. 4 Of genius—that... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1845 - 460 pages
...security during public dissensions and calamity. AEB Vicarage, Tavittock, Nov. 1, 1830. CHAPTER I. 'Tis pleasant, By the cheerful hearth, to hear Of...that we are safe : Then listen to the perilous tale a<jain, And with an ea<*er and suspended soul Woo terror to delight us. . SOUTHEY'S "MADOC." THE Eddystone... | |
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Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And, with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. 
