 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 Seiten
...in his Mndoc the adventurous vessel of his hero driving before the storm, beautifully says : — " Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests,...And pause at times, and feel that we are safe : Then lisien to the perilous tale again. And, with an eager and suspended sou!, Woo terror to deliglit us... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 Seiten
...and its interesting episodes; " Roderic," his most matured production, strong in dramatic power: " 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of...are safe, Then listen to the perilous tale again." 10. An adjective proper to the cause is turned over to an effect of that cause. The load becomes sweet.... | |
 | 1851 - 1006 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 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... | |
 | Isaac Newton Carleton - 1878 - 140 Seiten
...willow! "Work with a stout heart and resolute will! Frances S. Osgood, Mass., 1813-1850. 19. The Tempest. 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of...deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe; TLen listen to the perilous tale again, And, with an eager and suspended soul, Woo Terror to delight... | |
 | Mayne Reid - 1879 - 384 Seiten
...DKSERT HOME," "BOY HUNTEHB/* ETC., ETC. " >T \B pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests ami the dangers of the deep, And pause at times and feel...perilous tale again. And with an eager and suspended soul Wow terror to delight iw." — SOUTIU:Y. NEW YORK: JAMES MILLER, PUBLISHER, 779 BROADWAY. 1879. KMT... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 728 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... | |
 | John S. Bender - 1880 - 268 Seiten
...scene. Language will fall very far short of describing it. " "Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearths to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And...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 - 1880 - 724 Seiten
...serene." Aud again, in the same poem : — u'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests nnd the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel...safe; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And wilh an eayer and ctupended tool Wuo terror to deliyht us." In " Roderick " is a fine and characteristic... | |
 | Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby - 1882 - 168 Seiten
...RECENT TIMES: 1869 to 188O. BT MRS. SAXBY, AUTHOR OF "ROCK-BOUND," "HTORIES OF SHETLAND.' ETC, ETC. " 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests...of the deep. And pause at times, and feel that we arc safe, Then listen to the perilous tale again." T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. EDINBURGH ;... | |
 | 1885 - 470 Seiten
...A STORY ABOUT THE WEST BAY. BY JOHN JACKSON. Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of perils, and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times and...are safe, Then listen to the perilous tale again. r I "*HE Backwater, which separates the two ancient -*- boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, both... | |
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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. 
