 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 348 sider
...elegance of the language and imagery have excited universal admiration, and produced a host of imitators. How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On...seaman's toil ! Not that another's danger soothes the sonl, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! How sweet, at distance from the strife, to view... | |
 | 1831 - 416 sider
...consolation in the consciousness of security amid so much that is proving disastrous to others. 'Tis sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On the...cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that another's dangers soothe the mind ; But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! Yet sweeter far on Wisdom's... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1881 - 1258 sider
...lingers for her own." The following constitutes a portion of the introduction to Book II : " How Bweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil I Not that another's danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure! How sweet,... | |
 | 1833 - 370 sider
...induced to abandon it. Woodford, Yours, Feb. 2, 1833. OLD MARGERY. TRANSLATION FROM LUCRETIUS. By Dr. Mason Good. " How sweet to stand, when tempests tear...soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! How sweet, at distance from the strife, to view Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But... | |
 | Hy H., Henry HUTCHINSON (Brother-in-Law of William Wordsworth.) - 1836 - 234 sider
...A RETIRED MARINER. IN NINE CANTOS. . WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. 0 .' how delightful 'tis to stand sublime On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil,— Not, that another's danger cheers the soul, But from such toil, how sweet to stand secure. STOCKTON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1847 - 516 sider
...careas, quae cernere suave est. How sweet to stand when tempests tear the main Lve.nl I. 2. principie. On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil! Not...danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet Ui feel secure! A man in grief cannot bear mirth : it gives him a more lively notion of his unhappiness,... | |
 | Titus Lucretius Carus - 1851 - 528 sider
...obstruct ; but Nature's utmost depths Shine as the day : so things irradiate things. 1175 BOOK II. How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On...soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! How sweet, at distance from the strife, to view 5 Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But... | |
 | Titus Lucretius Carus - 1851 - 528 sider
...obstruct ; but Nature's utmost depths Shine as the day : so things irradiate things. 1 1 75 BOOK II. How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On...soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! How sweet, at distance from the strife, to view 5 Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But... | |
 | George Melville Weston - 1857 - 336 sider
...perils of the mariner, and to the spectator securely watching the shifting fortunes of battle — " How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On...firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that others' danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! How sweet, at distance... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 472 sider
...Francis by Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican. 4. Lucretius, Nature of Things, Book II. i, Good's Tr. : — " How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On...soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure t How sweet, at distance from the strife, to view Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But... | |
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How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that another's danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure... 
