Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea ! " " O father ! I see a gleaming light, O say, what may it be ? " But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face to the... Poems - Page 96by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863Full view - About this book
| New York (N.Y.) - 1840 - 818 pages
...coastj And he steer'd for the open sea. 0 father ! I hear the sound of guns, O say, what may it be ! Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an...gleaming light, O say, what may it be! But the father answer'd never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lash'd t« the helm, all stiff1 and stark, With his... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 686 pages
...steer1 d for the open sea. " O father ! I hear the sound of guns — Oh ! say, what may it be? " " Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea ! " " O father ! I see a gleaming light — Oh ! say, what may it be '!" But the father answer'd never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lash'd... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 144 pages
...And he steered for the open sea. " O father ! I bear the sound of guns, O say, what may it be ? " " Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an...Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...father ! I bear the sound of guns, O say, what may it be ? " " Some ship in distress, that cannot lire In such an angry sea ! " " O father ! I see a gleaming...word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all still" and stark, With his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...coast. I And ho steer'd for the open sea. O father! I heard the sound of guns, O say, what may it be ! Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea! O father ! I see n gleaming light, O say, what may it be ! But the father answcr'd never a word, A frozen corpse was... | |
| Marlborough coll, mus. soc - 1860 - 104 pages
...rock-bound coast ! — "NVe must steer for the open sea." "Dear father ! I see a gleaming light, 0 say, what may it be ?" But the father answered never a word, A frozen corse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his pale face to the skies, The lantern... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...And he steered for the open sea. " 0 father ! I hear the sound of guns, O say, what may it be ?" " Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea!" " 0 father ! I see a gleaming light, 0 say, what may it be ?" But the father answered never a word,... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...And he steered for the open sea. " O father ! I hear the sound of guns, O say what may it be ? " " Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an...Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the... | |
| Periodicals - 1851 - 724 pages
...; О sav, what may it be i' bat the father answered never a word, . A frozen corpee was he. * • . to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the ekies, Tlip lantern gleanied through the gleaming snow Oo hie fix'd and glassy eyes. "Then the maiden... | |
| 1851 - 1220 pages
...And he steered for the op«n sea. " ' 0 father ! I hear the sound of guns ; O say, what may it be ?' 'Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea 1' " ' 0 father ! I see a gleaming light ; 0 say, what may it be ?' But the father answered never a... | |
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