 The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like...  Voices of the Night, and Other Poems - Page 115by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land 5 It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her sides Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds all... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...sheeted ghost, the vessel swept T'wards the reef of Norman's woe. To the rocks and breakers right ahead She drifted, a dreary wreck ; And a whooping billow...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. At daybreak, on the bleak... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...ghost the vessel swept T'wards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side lake the horns of an angry bull Her rattling shrouds, all... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 464 pages
...sleet and snow, -1 swept irmap's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the laud ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all... | |
 | George Watson (publisher.) - 1864 - 238 pages
...sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. To the rocks and breakers right ahead She drifted, a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. At daybreak on the bleak... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea- sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows. She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 pages
...the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling...hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her boWB, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew % She struck where the white... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts hetween A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The hreakers were right heneath her hows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping hillow swept the crew... | |
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