WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep, — It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, "Cut away the mast! Home-songs for Home-birds - Seite 2261865 - 264 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1813 - 410 Seiten
...gain; Or the best of our pleasures may turn into pain. THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER. JAMES T. FIELDS. We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to...deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder "Cut away the mast!" So we shuddered there in... | |
| British and foreign sailors' society - 1879 - 398 Seiten
...their interest, for more than any other class they have to face death, as in Field's lines : — " We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. " So we shuddered there in silence, — For the stoutest held his breath ; While the hungry sea was... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1854 - 588 Seiten
...into very pleasing stanzas : HALLAD OF THE TEMPEST. We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul could dare to sleep — It was midnight on the waters, And...on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter, To be shatter'd in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, " Cut away the mast." i So we shudder'd... | |
| 1859 - 798 Seiten
...little girl's words, wrote the following s of poetry : — YHE YEMPESY. WE were crowded in the cahin ; Not a soul would dare to sleep, — • It was midnight...on the deep. "Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shatterM in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, " Cut away the mast ! " So we shudder'd... | |
| 1851 - 316 Seiten
...having killed, are towing towards it. GOD ON THE OCEAN. We 'were crowded in the cabin. Kot a soul did dare to sleep ; It was midnight on the waters, And...the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, u Cut away the mast !" So we shuddered there in silence, For the stoutest held his breath, "While the... | |
| James Thomas Fields - 1849 - 122 Seiten
...Culled from a margin of the western world, And offered unto Genius in the old. BALLAD OF THE TEMPEST. WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
| 1849 - 612 Seiten
...all for which we can find present space. The following* Ballad of the Tempest' is simple yet pic1 WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. ' 'T ie a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder... | |
| 1849 - 742 Seiten
...but we cannot forbear quoting the following exquisite ballad, as a fair specimen of its quality : We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
| James Thomas Fields - 1849 - 108 Seiten
...Culled from a margin of the western world, And offered unto Genius in the old. BALLAD OF THE TEMPEST. WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
| 1849 - 668 Seiten
...we can find present space. The following ' Ballad of the Tempest' is simple yet picturesque : ' WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. "T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder... | |
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