 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 - Page 93by Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1855Full view - About this book
 | John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...bestowed ; Fierce in his eye the fire of valour burns, And, as the slave departs, the man returns. 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests,...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. I come, I come ! ye have call'd me long ; I come o'er the mountains with light and song. Ye may trace... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1857 - 486 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...to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and impended soul Woo terror to delight ut." In Roderic is a fine and characteristic image : " Toward the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...everlasting hills Smiled in the joyful sunshine: they partook The universal blessing. THE TEMPEST. 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests,...Then listen to the perilous tale again, And, with an enger and suspended soul, Woo Terror to delight us : — but to hear The roaring of the raging elements... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Biography - 1857 - 490 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...are safe, Then listen to the perilous tale again, Jlntl with an eayer and suspended soul Woo terror to deHyht tu." In Roderic is a fine and characteristic... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...dangers of the deep. And pause at times and feel that we arc safe, Then listen to the perilous tale again, And u-ith an coyer and tusjtsnded soul It'w terror... | |
 | 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,...roaring of the raging elements, — To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not, — to look around and only see The mountain- wave incumbent,... | |
 | 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...roaring of the raging elements — To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not,— to look around, and only see The mountain-wave incumbent,... | |
 | 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...roaring of the raging elements — To know all human skill, all human strength. Avail not, — to look around, and only see The mountain-wave incumbent,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 456 pages
...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...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... | |
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