 | 1895 - 588 pagina’s
...ballad-monger properly expressed it : — ' I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi" the auld moon in her arm ; And, if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' But the portent is special to these latitudes ; further south — at Malta, for instance — the phenomenon... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pagina’s
..." I fear a deadly storm ! t " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; " And if we gang to sea, master, " I fear we'll come...sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, * It was sik a deadly storm ; And the waves came o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " O where... | |
 | John Finlay - 1808 - 234 pagina’s
...master dear, " That we will come to harm." * Gane, suffice, t Half fou', the eighth part of a peck. They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, Whan the lift* grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the... | |
 | John Finlay - 1808 - 238 pagina’s
...master dear, " That we will come to harm." * Gone, suffice, f Halffou', the eighth part of a peck. They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, Whan the lift* grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pagina’s
...dear, " I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; " And, if we gang to sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 pagina’s
...dear, " I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new inoon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm; " And, if we gang to sea, master, " I fear well come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 pagina’s
...dear, " I fear a deadly storm! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm; " And, if we gang to sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." • Gane—Suffice. f Half-fou—l\\e eighth part of a peck. They hadna sail'da league, a league, A... | |
 | 1829 - 432 pagina’s
...ye lie ; For, sin' I hae seen your face this nicht, The land I will never see !" They had na sail'da league, a league, A league, but barely three, When...dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. « A half-peck. The anchors brak, and the tap-masts lap, It was sic a deidly storm ; And the waves... | |
 | 1841 - 956 pagina’s
...Spens," of Scottish history: — " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ! And if we gang to sea master, I fear we'll come to harm." NOTES ON TRINIDAD IN 1803. — By Capt. GH Columbine, RN (Concluded from p. 593.) THE CURRENTS. —... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pagina’s
...moon in her arm ; And, if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." l They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When...gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap,2 It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.... | |
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Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the... 
