...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 water, the hunt of the bear, And the...

...vigour ! — No spirit feels waste, No muscle is stopped in its playing, No sinew unbraced ; — And the wild joys of living ! The leaping From rock up to rock — The rending their boughs from the palm-trees, — The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living...

...of 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...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,...

...manhood's 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...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,...

...of 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...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,...

...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,...

...manhood's 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...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,...

...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 to rock — The rending their boughs from the palm-trees, The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living water....

...Oh, our manhood's prime vigour ! — No spirit feels waste, No muscle is stopped in its playing, And the wild joys of living ! The leaping From rock up to rock — The rending their boughs from the palm-trees, — The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living...

...do 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...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,...