 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...  The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern - Seite 689herausgegeben von - 1878 - 760 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1862 - 538 Seiten
...with hilarious readiness, and — " With a wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast ; Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." This last line, by the way, is a puzzler, since how, with a wind that follmes fast, a ship, good or... | |
 | 1863 - 438 Seiten
...Scott CCV 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...me the snoring breeze And white waves heaving high ; And white waves heaving high, my lads, The good ship tight and free — The world of waters is our... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 Seiten
...SEA 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...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 132 THE WRECK. " O for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 216 Seiten
...FLOWING SEA 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...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 stormy breeze, And... | |
 | 1863 - 150 Seiten
...j?|eet. 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...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry, But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1863 - 366 Seiten
...wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. And benda the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free,...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the Ice. Oh, for a soft and gentle wind I I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | 1863 - 982 Seiten
...Sir W. Scott 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 tl>e eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 Seiten
...fills the white and rustling sail, While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves And bends the gallant mast;— And bends the gallant mast, my boys, Old England on the lee. I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze " Oh, for a soft... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1864 - 780 Seiten
...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...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0 for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,... | |
 | 222 Seiten
...sailing. We felt hardly used ; our sympathies were entirely with the unknown fair one: Oh, for a fair and gentle wind : I heard a fair one cry : But give to me the snoring breeze And white waves leaping high. The rotator of our patent log had been taken by a shark in the Gulf of Panama, and as... | |
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