 | George James De Wilde - 1878 - 274 pages
...parody on Denham's famous apostrophe to the Thames : — " 0 could I flow like thee, and make thy atream My great example as it is my theme : Tho' deep, yet...; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full." Leonard Welsted was the son of the Rev. Leonard Welsted, the incumbent... | |
 | Horatio King - Europe - 1878 - 428 pages
...tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme; Tho' deep yet...clear, tho' gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." We took leave of London at noon on the 4th of May, 4876, and arrived in... | |
 | 1878 - 440 pages
...whose verse exemplifies the celebrated lines of the poet Denham, applied to the river Thames — " Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing, full." Rossetti, in thus introducing him, alone of all American poets, into the... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...little as a new-year's song. a. CBABBE— The Candidate. О could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream eflects the thing beloved. c. TENNYSON In Metnoriam....Pt. LI. Love's arms were wreathed about the neck o without o'erflowing full. b. Sir JOHN DENHAM — Cooper's Hill. Line 189. Plain without pomp, and rich... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...little as a new-year's song. a. CIUBBE-- TVie Candidate. 0 could I flo\v like thee ! and make thy stream is no hurt in them ; you return them in the same manner you receive them ; yet it is best to make rac;e, without o'erflowing full. 6. Sir JOHN DENHAM — Cooper's Hill. Line 189. Plain without pomp,... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...burning lamps. Men must not only hear, but see my faith. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet...clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erfiowing, full. I will try and keep this rule — make at ieast one person happy every day.... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...strange /While his fair bosom is the world's exchange Oh could I flow like thee, and make thy strnini My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear; tho' gentle, yet not doll: Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Hcav'n her Eridanus no moro shall boast. Whose... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 204 pages
...well-known lines written of pur river long ago, — " ' O could I flow like thec, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme : Tho' deep. yet...clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without overflowing, full.' " SOME THINGS WE HAVE LEAENT. LXI.-PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ENGLAND. " Now,"... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - Great Britain - 1886 - 390 pages
...— Cities in deserts, woods in cities plant .... Oh ! could 1 flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Tho' deep yet clear ; though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing full.' Denham is said to have... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1886 - 398 pages
...— Cities in deserts, woods in cities plant .... Oh ! could 1 flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Tho' deep yet clear ; though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing full.' Denham is said to have... | |
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My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full. 
