 A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for...  Compton Audley; or, Hands not hearts - Seite 205von lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 281 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1823 - 496 Seiten
...they refuse to let any one else slip in a word, even edgeways. THE MARINER'S SONG. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And 611s the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | 1826 - 558 Seiten
...former compositions. We will quote one or two, which we presume are the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ! And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | 1822 - 694 Seiten
...thirty-eighth year. Propcrtii vita per anno» digería. THE MARINER'S SONG. BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 Seiten
...beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast! And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 Seiten
...beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ! And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1826 - 538 Seiten
...former compositions. We will quote one or two, which we presume are the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ! And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 Seiten
...can conceive. GENTLEMAN'S MAG. 1793. THE MARINER'S SONG. ... ....., "..'.. : .. .1:.. . ! .. ' - * .' -A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boysrf"... | |
 | 1827 - 700 Seiten
...to be already sufficiently accurate for every purpose of practical astronomy." THE MARINER'S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 Seiten
...tone of her last faint sigh. — And this is man's fidelity ! ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. THE MARINER S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 Seiten
...and with gentle whisper said, " Would that destiny had not united us." EXERCISE CII. (Cunningham). A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
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