Roll on ! thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; man marks the earth with ruin — his control stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain the wrecks are all thy deed... Biennial Report - Pàgina 1851889Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1818 - 638 pàgines
...thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops wilh the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths... | |
| 1818 - 762 pàgines
...Ten thousand fleets sweep over thec in vain ; Man marks the earth with, ruin — his control Stops with the shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths... | |
| 1848 - 788 pàgines
...stanza especially — between what is promised and what is done. Weigh for a moment these lines — " Upon the watery plain, The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of mail's ravage save his own, When for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks in to thy depths... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pàgines
...! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into tliy depths... | |
| 1818 - 806 pàgines
...oceanroll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore;— upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths... | |
| 1821 - 438 pàgines
...Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in -vain ; Alan marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save kit own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pàgines
...roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain Л shadow of man's ravage, save his own. When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pàgines
...roll? Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths... | |
| 1820 - 422 pàgines
...roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save bis own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pàgines
...roll! Ten thousand ßeets sweep over thee in vain; , Man marks the emth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain 4 shadow of man's ravage , save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy... | |
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