| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1849 - 440 Seiten
...rocking and tossing in a boat for the first time in her life, alone with two rough hardlooking men. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea , A wind that follows fast And lills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast! And hends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
| Child - 1850 - 72 Seiten
...man to his lot! And mercy (encouraging thought!) COWPER. BE WIIAT YOU SEEM TO BEt THE MARINER'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...I hope to be, An' there I'll meet ye a' soon Frae my ain eonntree ! A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA.1 A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rnstling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...eighteen, who have lived all their days in inland country parishes or small country towns." — Dr. Arnold. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. THE SHIP AT SEA. 165 O for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 Seiten
...again, 0 Britons ye may rue it. Then 0 protect, &c. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my hoys, While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0, for... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 Seiten
...rank, as much by conduct and character, as by talent and industry. 0 And fills the white and swelling sail. And bends the gallant mast: And bends the gallant...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. N • " Oh for a soft and gentle wind!" I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 230 Seiten
...briny deep, bearing us — not like sea -sick land-loupers, but even as sea-kings, upon our way. " A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...And bends the gallant mast, my boys. While, like the dagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " ' Oh for a soft and gentle... | |
| 1852 - 860 Seiten
...economy. Few things can be more inspiriting, more energetic, more impressive, than his pictures of ' Y i +A 5ݱ 2y 6: 9 Ɗ lͬ H %[[` %} LjB S հkPV *,s G\ for we see in every stroke that the world of waters is his home, and that to his ear there is music... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 Seiten
...peasant, elevated into a superior rank, as much by conduct and character, as by talent and industry. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and swelling sail. And bends the gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...speak, 1 think the wedded wife of mine The best of all that's not divine! A wet Sheet and a flowing Sea. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, — • And nils the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast: And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
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