Oh, the wild joys of living! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. Poems - Σελίδα 405των Robert Browning - 1864Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1851 - 534 σελίδες
...the wild joys of living! the leaping —No spirit feels waste, No muscle is stopp'd in its playing, From rock up to rock— The rending their boughs from the palm-trees,— The haunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's... | |
| Robert Browning - 1856 - 386 σελίδες
...prime vigour ! no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 684 σελίδες
...that rich picturesque genre which marks some of the poet's happiest earlier works ; for example : Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 686 σελίδες
...that rich picturesque genre which marks some of the poet's happiest earlier works ; for example : Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 704 σελίδες
...victim was at home in his bed. Whenever I think of Calverly I think of fun and good fellowship ; of the ' wild joys of living ; the leaping from rock up to rock ; the cool silver shock of the plunge in the pool's li ving water ; ' of health and youth and strength. Alas,... | |
| Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 σελίδες
...prime vigour! no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living... | |
| 478 σελίδες
...friends, troubles, and annoyances for a time, and give themselves up to the pure enjoyment of living. "The wild joys of living! The leaping From rock up...sultriness showing the lion Is couched in his lair. And the meat, the rich dates yellowed over With golddust divine, And the locust's flesh steeped in the pitcher.... | |
| 1865 - 520 σελίδες
...boughs from the lir-tree, the cool river shock Of a plunge, in a pool's living water, — the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair ! And he knew that this glory of life was dead in him for ever, and thai when those stars rose on another... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1865 - 398 σελίδες
...so ; but Mr. Browning's intense enjoyment is peculiar, and very characteristic of the man : — Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living... | |
| Marie Louise De la Ramée - 1867 - 350 σελίδες
...of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool river shock Of a plunge in a pool's living water,— the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair." And he knew that this glory was dead in him for ever, and that when those stars rose on another night,... | |
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