 Did I but purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea, While gentle zephyrs play with prosperous gales, And fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds whistle, and...  The Strange Adventures of a House-boat - Seite 147von William Black - 1888Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1829 - 696 Seiten
...smooth surface of a summer's sea, While gentle zephyrs play in prosp'rous gales, And Fortune's favor fills the swelling sails, But would forsake the ship,...shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempests roar 1" This passage, though not altogether faultless, may be praised for harmony of versification, elegance,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 Seiten
...fortune did I only wed, From its decline determin'd to recede ; Did I but purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea ; While gentle...and make the shore, When the winds whistle , and the tempest roar ? No, Henry, no : one sacred oath has tied Our loves ; one destiny our life shall guide... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 Seiten
...purpose to embark with thce On the smooth surface of a summer's sea, While gentle zephyrs play with prosperous gales, And fortune's favour fills the swelling...shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempests roar ? We may take also from the scriptures a very fine example of an Allegory, in the 80th Psalm ; where... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Parnell - 1808 - 338 Seiten
...with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea ; "While gentle Zephyrs play in prosperous gale» ; And Fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; But...make the shore , When the winds whistle , and the tempest roar 1 No , Henry , no . one sacred oath has tied Our loves ; one destiny our life shall guide... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...On the smooth surface of a summer's sea, • While gentle zephyrs play with prosperous gales, ' i- - And fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; But...ship, and make the shore, When the winds whistle, an:l the tempests roar ? The same rules that were given for metaphors, may be applied to allegories... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 Seiten
...purpose to embark with thee " On the smooth surface of a summer's sea, " While gentle zephyrs play with prosperous gales, " And fortune's favour fills the...and make the shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempest roar i No, Henry, no ! one Sacred oath h:is tied Our lives, one destiny our fate shall guttle,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 Seiten
...While gentle Zephyrs play in prosperous gales, And Fortune's favour tills the swelling sails; llut would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempests ruar ? No, Henry, no : one sacred oath has tied Our loves : one destiny our life shall guide; Nor »... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 582 Seiten
...purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea, While genlle zephyrs play with prosperous gales, And fortune's favour fills the swelling'...; But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, AVhen the win'ds whistle, and the tempests roar ? We may take also from the scriptures a very fine... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1816 - 514 Seiten
...leader could appropriate the affectionate apostrophe : Did 1 but purpose to embark with thee On t lie smooth surface of a summer's sea, While gentle zephyrs...the ship and make the shore, When the winds whistle, aud the tempests roar ? The history of our ancestors is indeed of the greatest raine, as affording... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 Seiten
...surface of a summer sea ; While gentle zephyrs play in prosp'rous gales, And Fortune's favour tills the swelling sails; But would forsake the ship, and...shore. When the winds whistle and the tempests roar? 3STo, Henry, no! —One sacred oath has tied Our loves; one destiny our life shall guide, - l\Tor wild... | |
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