 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 Seiten
...In-cum'bent, adj. (L. in, cubo). A-vaiT, v. (L. ad, valeo). < Mar'i-ner, n. (L. mare). Tis PLEAsAHT by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests, and the...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. But to hear The roaring of the raging elements — To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 Seiten
...periculum). A-vail', v. (7j. ad, valeo). SOUTH ET. In-cumTient, adj. (L. in, cubo). Mar'i-ner, n. (L. mare). And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. But to hear The roaring of the raging elements — To know all human skill, all human strength. Avail... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 418 Seiten
...rhetorical effect, he is sometimes remarkable. Occasionally, in these qualities, in their simplicity, he reminds us of the old dramatists ; thus in " Madoc:"—...perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended smil Woo terror to deUght us" In " Roderick " is a fine and characteristic image:— " Toward the troop... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 456 Seiten
...Vain now were all the seamen's homeward hopes, Vain all their skill ! — we drove before the storm. " 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. But to hear The roaring of the raging elements ; • To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail... | |
 | Mayne Reid - 1860 - 386 Seiten
...AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOR BOYS. BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID, AUTiiou OF "THE DESERT HOME," "BOY HUNTERS," ETC., ETC. " 'T is pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests,...eager and suspended soul Woo terror to delight us." — SOUTHEY. BOSTON: TICKNOR AND FIELDS M DCCC LX. HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AUTHOE'S EDITION. UNIVERSITY... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1860 - 250 Seiten
...A voyage is read with deepest interest in winter, while the hail dashes against the window : — " 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests...deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; And with an eager and suspended soul. Woo terror to delight us.1' The sobs of the storm are musical... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 Seiten
...perictflum). i In-ctim'bent, adj. (L. in, cubo). A-vail', v. (L. ad, valeo). I Mar'i-ner, n. (L. mare). And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. But to hear The roaring of the raging elements, — To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 Seiten
...from her perils, and rose and fell on the heavy waves of the open sea. coo FEB. DANGERS OF THE DEEP. 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests,...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. But to hear The roaring of the raging elements ; To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 Seiten
...rt'W another tree may sing , — Old England's Oak for me ! Sout/iey. T is pleasant by- the-cheerful- hearth to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. But to hear The roaring of the raging elements, — To know all human skill, all human strength , Avail... | |
 | Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 Seiten
...pain, the social powers, To this their proper action and their end ? A KENS IDE. DELIGHT IN TERROR. 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. . . . But to hear The roaring of the raging elements, . . . To know all human skill, all human strength,... | |
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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. 
