Welcome to their roar! Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it lead !' Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on : for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail... Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt - Page 91by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
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...2 ; but the hour 's копе by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.3 II. on N. Byron ¡is a steed That knows his rider.* Welcome to their roar ! Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it... | |
| David Bates Tower - 1842 - 72 pages
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| John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 pages
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| David Bates Tower - 1845 - 176 pages
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