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 North American Review - Página 138editado por - 1826Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 páginas
...and verae. His songs and ballad) are his best productions, and many of them have great excellence.] A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the roaring breeze,... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 páginas
...think this wedded life of mine The best of all things not divine. •: A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, Away the good ship flies, and leave? Old England on the lee. "Oh for a soft and gentle wind!" I heard... | |
| Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 páginas
...the troublesome waves that beset life here, To the everlasting port. THE MARINER'S SONG. CUNNINGHAM. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And 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... | |
| J. C. - 1860 - 218 páginas
...agree : We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0, for a soft and gentle wind ! l heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze. And... | |
| J. C. - 1860 - 196 páginas
...: We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. 1 A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA A WET sheet and a flowing sea. A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail. And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys.... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set! Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset! Sir W. Scott A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind ! And white waves heaving high \ And white waves heaving high, my... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 626 páginas
...last work was a " Life of Sir David Wilkie." He died 29th October 1842. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
| Playtime - 1863 - 436 páginas
...preventing ; — The waters wild went o'er his child, And he was left lamenting. CAMPBELL. L SEA SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the 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... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 216 páginas
...manner, better than all the threatenings of blustering authority. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA I. 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 stormy breeze,... | |
| 1863 - 982 páginas
...heather. Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset ! Sir W. Scott A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...; 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... | |
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