...race is the only rival of his fame.* LESSON CVIII. The Ocean an Image of Eternity. — BYRON. ROLL on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknclled, uncoffined and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil...

...over beauty gone, And in the fate that waited thee, Reads what will be his own. OCEAN. BYRON. ROLL on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unkneH'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls " Of rock-built cities,...

...ne'er express, yet can not all conceal. CLXXIX. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll I Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil...

...in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore ;—upon the watery plaiu The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...uncoffined, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths—thy fields Are not a spoil for him—thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength...

...the gloomy, yet elevated melancholy of Byron, we may present his APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean— roll! Ten thousand...from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...

...the gloomy, yet elevated melancholy of Byron, we may present his APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll! Ten thousand...from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...

...Roll on, thoil deep and dark blue ocean — roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in rain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with...from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...

...sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upou the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor...from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...

...To mingle with the Universe, and feel What 1 can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. ' Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand...Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. z2 His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And...

...stanzas on the ' Ocean ' should be read in connection with the Storm in ' Don Juan ' : — ' Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll, Ten thousand...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. * * » * * ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...