| Charles Godfrey Leland - 1856 - 292 Seiten
...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge : The waves were dead, the tides were in their grave...no need Of aid from them — she was the universe. BYRON. (88) Death. To dream of death and burial presages to the servant or slave, liberty and confidence... | |
| 1856 - 518 Seiten
...And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept, on the abyss, without a surge : The moon, their mistress, had expired before ; The...clouds perished : darkness had no need Of aid from them ; the was the universe. 16. SOLITUDE. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 Seiten
...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal : as they dropt They slept on the abyss, without a surge r The waves were dead, the tides were in their grave. The moon, their mistress, had expir'd before, And the clouds perish'd. Darkness had no need Of aid from them : she was the Universe.... | |
| Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 Seiten
...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,...no need Of aid from them — She was the Universe. THE QUADROON GIRL. BY LONGFELLOW. THE Slaver in the broad lagoon Lay moored with idle sail ; He waited... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 Seiten
...their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd, They slept on the •'•abyss without a tsurge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistress, had expir'd before; The winds were wither'd in the •'•stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd. Darkness... | |
| Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss, without a surge : The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave...no need Of aid from them — She was the universe. LESSON LXXV. SPEECH IN DEFENSE OF ORR. 1. "ALAS! nor wife, nor children more shall he behold, nor friends,... | |
| Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 Seiten
...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd, They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistress, had expired before; Tho winds were wither' d in the stagnant air; And the clouds perish'd. Darkness had no need Of aid... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 Seiten
...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,...their mistress, had expired before ; The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ! Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She... | |
| Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 Seiten
...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge : The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave...had no need Of aid from them ; she was the universe. Ex. OXXIII— THE DEMON SHIP. HOOD. T WAS off the Wash — the sun went down — the sea looked black... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 Seiten
...dropped. They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave j The moon, their mistress, had expired before ; The...withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished. " The squalls offer a brief but grateful interruption to the calms, and occur under singular circumstances.... | |
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