 How he beat the storm to laughter; For well he knew his vessel With that vain wind could wrestle; And when a wreck we thought her And doomed ourselves to slaughter, How gaily he fought her, And through the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Seite 412von William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1865 - 822 Seiten
...stanza respecting his two daughters, showing that intense family love which existed in bis home : " And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was ended, And, as the sunrise splendid, Cume blushing o'er the sea, I thought, as day was breaking, My little girls were waking, And smiling... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 Seiten
...through the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught her, Cried, " George! some Brandy and Water!" And when its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. Thackeray. 21.— THE MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 436 Seiten
...bended, And they think the world is ended. And the Turkish women for'ard Were frightened and behorror'd ; And shrieking and bewildering, The mothers clutched...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. 1844. PEG OF LIMAVADDY. RIDING from Coleraine (Famed for lovely Kitty), Came a Cockney bound Unto Deny... | |
 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY - 1869 - 542 Seiten
...the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught her, Cried, " GEORGE ! SOME BRANDY AND WATER I*/ And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. CHAPTER X. TELMESSUS. — BEYROUT. THERE should have been a poet in our company to describe that charming... | |
 | 1870 - 972 Seiten
...charming burst of parental feeling with which it concludes.* * "And wbcn, ite force expended, The harmlese storm was ended, And as the sunrise splendid Came blushing o'er the eca ; I thought as day was breaking, My llttlo girls were waking, And smiling, and making A prayer... | |
 | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - 1871 - 238 Seiten
...help you if he can, saying — " Come on, brother." Who could wish anything finer than this : — " And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me." CHRISTMAS EVE IN ENGLAND. " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...through the hubbub brought her, And as the tempest caught her, Cried, " George, some brandy and water ! " hey found, — Freedom WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. THE TEMPEST. WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep,... | |
 | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - 1871 - 234 Seiten
...help you if he can, saying — " Come on, brother." Who could wish anything finer than this : — " And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me." CHRISTMAS EVE IN ENGLAND. " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1874 - 336 Seiten
...sleep blessed him in his last. Twenty years before, he had written, after being in a white squall, — And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me Those little girls had grown to be women when the mournful day broke that saw their father lying dead.... | |
 | 1875 - 592 Seiten
...his daughters in England are just waking and praying that he may be having a safe voyage home : — And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. MATTHKW BROWNE. strike, this fancy-work opened, and out stepped a clock-work cuckoo. The Cuckoo bowed,... | |
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