 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Biography - 1857 - 492 pages
...o'er a world of wickedness Spreads its eternal canopy serene." And again, in the same poem : " 'T is 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, And with an eager and suspended soul Woo terror to... | |
 | Scenes - Ocean travel - 1858 - 170 pages
...A NEW SELECTION. LONDON : BURNS AND LAMBERT, 17 PORTMAN STREET, AND 63 PATERNOSTER ROW. 1858. 'Tig 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,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 456 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1860 - 444 pages
...Vain now were all the seamen's homeward hopes, Yain 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 pages
...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 Southey - English poetry - 1860 - 418 pages
...o'er a world of wickedness Spreads its eternal canopy serene," And again, in the same poem : — " 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of...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 Aris Willmott - Books and reading - 1860 - 250 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
