...sings to Saul, in the poem entitled 'Saul.' Was the full physical life ever more beautifully sung ? " Oh ! our manhood's prime vigour ! no spirit feels...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,...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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....

...and the shepherd, and the reaper, and the Lévites in the Temple : " Oh, our manhood's prime vigor! no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in...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,...

...loved the mere sense and strength of life; all '• " the wild joys of living, the leaping from rock to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool river shock Of a plunge in a pool's living water,— the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing...

...sympathize with and anew embody the delight of Browning's " David :" Oh, our manhood's prime vigor! No spirit feels waste ; Not a muscle is stopped in...silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, . . . How good is man's life, the mere living ! How fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the...

...life lay his powers of great attraction. And these lines of Browning's came into Walter's mind : — " Oh, our manhood's prime vigour ! no spirit feels waste,...— The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree — . . ." Soon they started homewards. To Dick Cust it seemed natural to ride again beside his little...

...satisfying of a pure animal appetite, are celebrated by David as he harps before the afflicted Saul : — " 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 waters." But Mr Browning's most...