 | George Watson (publisher.) - 1864 - 238 pages
...cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel in its strength; She shudder'd and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 pages
...'The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blow the wind, A gale from the north-east ; The snow fell...a frighted steed, Then 'leaped her cable's length. II. ." Uome hither ! come hither ! my little daughter ! And do not tremble so, 'For I can weather the... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...to-night no moon we see ! ' The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east...weather the roughest gale, That ever wind did blow.' WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. 25 He wrapt her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He cut... | |
 | Pen and pencil pictures - American poetry - 1866 - 176 pages
...to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east...shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped a cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; For I can... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...to-night no moon we see!" The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laugh'd he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east;...The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows froth'd like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; She shudder'd... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 pages
...cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel in its strength ; She shudder'd and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither!... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 pages
...cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shudder'd and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leap'd her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
...moon we see !" ., The skipper he blew a whifE from his pipe, And A scornful laugh laughed he. Culder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused like a frightened steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither — come hither, my little daughter,... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...to-night no moon we see ! ' The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the North-east...hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; I.'or.I can weather the roughest gale That ever wind did blow.' He wrapped her warm in his seaman's... | |
 | William S. Martin - 1868 - 142 pages
...— The Signal Seen— Saved — He Works his Passage to England— Is Tired of a Seafaring Life. " Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east...a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length." — LONGFELLOW. " WHEN I was at the university, I had indeed been accustomed to low society ; but when... | |
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Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! ' The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. 
