 The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like...  The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Seite 20von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 1407 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1866 - 234 Seiten
...sound came from the land. It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea sand : The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck !" Yes : the fate of the gallant ship was sealed. The mighty efforts of captain and brave crew were... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 696 Seiten
...the vessel swept Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool; But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | 1840 - 818 Seiten
...came from the land; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. Tk« breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy wavM Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 Seiten
...the vessel swept Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf...the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath heb bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 Seiten
...vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf,...they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass,... | |
 | 1842 - 498 Seiten
...tower, and a Viking wilh nothing on earth to employ himself with in a dull country, fell onliis spear. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. The rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 Seiten
...ballad is vivid nd touching in the highest degree. How striking are the comparisons in this verse ; She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry hull. "To the River Charles, "is as sweet and pleasant a string of verses as we have read for many... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 Seiten
...vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf,...they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass,... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 Seiten
...vessel swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf,...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 Seiten
...vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf,...they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass,... | |
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