 | New reader - 1879 - 330 pages
...down marine telegraph cables. THE LAUNCH OF THE SHIP. " BUILD ine straight, 0 worthy Master ! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle 1 " The merchant's word Delighted the Master heard; For his heart was in his work, and the heart GJveth... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1106 pages
...the sky and the ocean. The Homeric Hexameter. Tr. of COLERIDGE. SCHILLER. SHIPS. Build me straight, 0 leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless...blind ! Why do we then shun death with anxious str Building of the Ship. LONGFELLOW. Behold the threaden sails, Borne with the invisible and creeping... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1880 - 686 pages
...heard now and then The song of the Master and his men:— " Build me straight, 0 worthy Master, Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!" With oaken brace and copper band, That, like a thought, should have control Lay the rudder on the sand,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 pages
...O worthy Staunch and strong, a goodly That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind The merchant's word Delighted the Master heard ; For his heart was in his work, ar Giveth grace unto every art. A quiet smile played round his li As the eddies and dimples of the... | |
 | Dixon Kemp - Yachting - 1880 - 736 pages
...header, and inwardly appeals to the honour of the builder: Build me straight, 0 worthy master, Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And probably the master does build him a staunch and strong and goodly vessel. But there need be no doubt... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...Tr. 6/ COLERIDGE. SCHILLER. Snips. Build me straight, 0 worthy Master ! Stanch and strong, a goodly ear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tusca TheBuildiHaeftkeSkif. LONGFELLOW. Behold the threaden sails, Borne with the invisible and creeping... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1881 - 116 pages
...clattering hammers, He who listened heard now and then The song of the Master and his men: — CLASS. " Build me straight, O worthy Master, Stanch and strong,...all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!" XI. With oaken brace and copper-band, Lay the rudder on the sand, That, like a thought, should have... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Bookbinding - 1881 - 754 pages
...hammers, He who listened heard now and then The song of the Master and his men:— " Build me straight, 0 worthy Master, Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel,...all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!" With oaken brace and copper band, Lay the rudder on the sand, That, like a thought, should have control... | |
 | Education - 1920 - 752 pages
...Ship." The building was joy to the master builder because he was interfsely interested in his work. "The merchant's word Delighted the master heard; For his heart was in his work, and the heart Lendeth grace unto every art." A right attitude, then, is the first essential. Such an attitude implies... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Elocution - 1881 - 232 pages
...soul, and all are doomed to death.—J. Q. Holland. 2. Build me straight, 0 worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle ! —HW Longfellow. 3. He stood, and measured the earth : he beheld and drove asunder the nations ;... | |
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BUILD me straight, O worthy Master! Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle! " The merchant's word Delighted the Master heard; For his heart was in his work, and the heart Giveth grace... 
