 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 104 pages
...plank to cover it, were yawning in the unfathomable depths below. Dickens. Ex. 52. 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1870 - 492 pages
...occasion to the outraeh of the grief-drops of the ejes, e'er-brimming from a fellow-feeling with •» Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause...feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tide again, And with an eager and suspended soul Woo terror to delight us." (91 — 94) Akenside objected... | |
 | 1873 - 404 pages
...than I can do. — T. Ellwood. SHIPWRECKS. " Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempest and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us .... But to hear The roaring of the raging elements,.. .. To know all human skill, alt human strength,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Love poetry - 1873 - 448 pages
...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 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1875 - 558 pages
...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 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 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 pages
...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 pages
...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 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... | |
 | John S. Bender - France - 1880 - 268 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
