...howled ominous, Anon, with unremitting fury raged ; High rolled the mighty billows, and the blast Swept from their sheeted sides the showery foam. Vain, now,...Terror to delight us ; . . but to hear The roaring of the raging elements, To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not ; to look round, and only...

...remembered terrors of the storm, is easy natural and amusing . 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hcarthi to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep,...that. we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale sqrain, And, with nn eager aad suspended soul, tt'oo terror to Might ut i— but to hear The roaring...

...I'd ominous, Anon, with unremitting fury raged ; High roll'd the mighty billows, and the blast Swept from their sheeted sides the showery foam. Vain, now,...at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen lo the perilous tale a^ain, And, with an eager and suspended soul, Woo Terror to delight us ;.. but...

...raged ; High rolled the mighty billows, and the blast Swept from their sheeted sides the showery foanii Vain, now, were all the seamen's homeward hopes, Vain...terror to delight us. . . But to hear The roaring of the raging elements, . . To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not, . . to look round,...

...continue for three or four days, often occur in the month of February. 'Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...terror to delight us. — But to hear The roaring of the raging elements ; To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not ; — to look ronnd, and...

...continue for three or four days, often occur in the month of February. ' I .< pleasant, by the cheerful hearth to hear of tempests, and the dangers of the deep. And panieal times, and feel that we are safe; Then listen to the perilous tale again. And, with an eager...

...of Madoc even superior to the celebrated " Suave marl" of Lucretius. 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the...eager and suspended soul Woo terror to delight us. Madoc, part iv. p. 43. Raphael is said to have embodied " the lightning" of the mind: and Gray characterizes...

...passage in Southey's ' Madock,' where he says : ' Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear f ' Of tempests, and the dangers of the deep, • And...terror to delight us : but, to hear The roaring of the raging elements ; To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not ; to look round and only...

...homeward hopes, Vain all their skill! — we drove before the storm. T is pleasant, by the chcarful hearth, to hear Of tempests, and the dangers of the...feel that we are safe; Then listen to the perilous talc again, And with an eager nnd suspended soul. Woo terror to delight us — But to hear The roaring...

...original of this is in Addison. A modern poet has a transcendent passage : " 'Tis pleasant by the cheerful hearth to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the...eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us." Southey. There are few passages, even in Shakspeare, superior to this. Sir Walter Scott, also, has...