 | 1805 - 506 pages
...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...Terror to delight us ;. . but to hear The roaring of die raging elements, To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not ; to look round, and only... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1806 - 276 pages
...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...not ; to look round, and only see The mountain wave incumbent) with its weight Of bursting waters, o'er the reeling bark, . . . O God, this is indeed a... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...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, And pause...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... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...that we are fafe ; Then liften to the perilous tale again, And, with an eager and fufpended foul, \Voo Terror to delight us ; ..but to hear The roaring of the raging elements, To know all human il. ill, all human (trength, Avaií not ; to look round, and only fee The mountain wave incumbent,... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 796 pages
...feel that we are fafe ; Then liften to the perilous tale again, And, with an eager and fufpended foul, Woo Terror to delight us ; . . but to hear The roaring of the raging element», To know all human ikill, all human itrength, Avail not ; to look round, and only fee The... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 318 pages
...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 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
...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.... . to look round, and only see The mountain wave incumbent with its weight Of bursting waters, o'er the reeling bark, . . . O God, this is indeed a... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...three or four days, often occur in the month of February. 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep, And pause...skill, all human strength, Avail not ; — to look ronnd, and only see The mountain-wave incumbent with its weight Of bursting waters, o'er the reeling... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...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...delight us.— But to hear The roaring of the raging element! ; To know all human *kill, all human steength, A rsil not ;— to look round, and only see... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...superior to the celebrated " Suave marl" of Lucretius. 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause...eager and suspended soul Woo terror to delight us. Madoc, part iv. p. 43. Raphael is said to have embodied " the lightning" of the mind: and Gray characterizes... | |
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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. 
