 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
 | Hymns - 1875 - 336 Seiten
...vessel swept T'wards 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...as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored her sides, Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 Seiten
...vessel swept, Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And over, the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land : It was the sound of the trampling surf...where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wo<pl, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns cf an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 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,...icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and flcecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 268 Seiten
...right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icioles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy...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,... | |
 | Maria Theresa Longworth, Thérèse Yelverton (Viscountess Avonmore) - 1875 - 352 Seiten
...advised to omit, substituting the words "gentleman cow!" Let my readers essay the purified edition— " She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...cruel rocks they gored her side, Like the horns of a gentleman cow!" What the noble-minded poet would say to this interpolation I do not know ; but I... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith, Lida Brown McMurry - 1919 - 360 Seiten
...How beautiful is the rain! How it clatters along the roofs Like the tramp of hoofs! — LONGFELLOW. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. — LONGFELLOW. My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure; My strength... | |
 | 1919 - 966 Seiten
...vessel swept Tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe. 6o And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from or Shall be lifted — nevermore! NY Evening 6 5 She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She... | |
 | Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 Seiten
...vessel swept Tow'rds 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 hei bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the ere* Like icicles from her deck.... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall, Marion Paine Stevens - 1920 - 328 Seiten
...And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...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,... | |
 | Arthur Mee - 1910 - 690 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,...breakers were right beneath her bows. She drifted a weary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the... | |
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