...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...showing the lion Is couched in his lair : And the meal — the rich dates — yellowed over With gold dust divine, And the locust's flesh steeped in...

...the wild joys of living! the leaping —No spirit feels waste, No muscle is stopp'd in its playing, From rock up to rock— The rending their boughs from the palm-trees,— The haunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's...

...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 up to rock, — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living...

...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 up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living...

...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 up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living...

...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,...

...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 up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living...

...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...showing the lion Is couched in his lair : And the meal — the rich dates — yellowed over With gold dust divine, And the locust's flesh steeped in...

...boughs from the lir-tree, the cool river shock Of a plunge, in a pool's living water, — the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair ! And he knew that this glory of life was dead in him for ever, and thai when those stars rose on another...

...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 up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living...