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. Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education - Seite 93von Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1805 - 506 Seiten
...homeward hopes, Vain all their skill !. . we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...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 Seiten
...homeward hopes, Vain all their skill ! . . we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...roaring of the raging elements, To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not ; to look round, and only see The mountain wave incumbent) with... | |
| 1806 - 688 Seiten
...remembered 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,...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 Seiten
...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 - 1806 - 796 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...homeward hopes, Vain all their skill! .. we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...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 Seiten
...homeward hopes, Vain all their skill ! . . we drove before the storm. 'Tis pleasant, by the chearful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...roaring of the raging elements, . . To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not, . . to look round, and only see The mountain wave incumbent with... | |
| 1821 - 444 Seiten
...heavy gales of wind which continue for three or four days, often occur in the month of February. 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests,...roaring of the raging elements ; To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not ; — to look ronnd, and only see The mountain-wave incumbent... | |
| 1821 - 488 Seiten
...heavy gales of wind which continue for three or four days, often occur in the month of February. ' 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 perilous tale again. And, with an eager... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 416 Seiten
...passage in Southey's poem of Madoc even superior to the celebrated " Suave mari" of Lucretius. 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests...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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