Deck and Port; Or, Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress to California: With Sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San FranciscoD.W. Evans & Company, 1856 - 408 pagina's |
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Admiral Seymour albatros anchor beautiful bird Brazil breeze broad pennant broken Callao Cape Horn capstan Chili church clime clouds Commodore Stockton crew dark dead dead calm death deck deep Du Pont fall floating flowers force FRIDAY frigate gale GEORGE PAULET grave guns hail half heart heaven Honolulu hundred Indian islands knots the hour lady land larboard light Lima look man-of-war mass Mazatlan ment miles MONDAY moral morning never night o'er ocean officers passed Peru plunged porpoises port quarter reach religion repose rience Rio de Janeiro rock roll rush Sabbath sail sailor SATURDAY seemed shadows ship shore silent sleep sloop-of-war slumber soft soon steep storm strength SUNDAY thee thing thou thousand throw thunder THURSDAY tion to-day triumphs TUESDAY Valparaiso watch wave WEDNESDAY wild wind
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Pagina 45 - sea shall give up their dead, and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in Him shall- be changed, and made like unto His own glorious body, according to the mighty working whereby He is able to subdue all things unto Himself.
Pagina 278 - not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in the heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them.
Pagina 184 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Pagina 396 - prototype,—" I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends." And yet with all these drawbacks—with all these gambling-tab'les, grog-shops, shanties, shavers, and
Pagina 198 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set—but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O death!
Pagina 350 - A band of children, round a snow-white ram, There wreathe his venerable horns with flowers; While peaceful as if still an unweaned lamb, The patriarch of the flock all gently cowers His sober head majestically tame, Or eats from out the palm, or playful lowers His brow as if
Pagina 73 - beam I May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright
Pagina 221 - As my first glance Of love and wonder was for thee, then take My latest look: thou wilt not beam on one To whom the gifts of life and warmth have been Of a more fatal nature. He is gone
Pagina 79 - tis black,—and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Pagina 221 - Sire of the seasons ! monarch of the climes, And those who dwell in them! for near or far, Our inborn spirits have a tint of thee, Even as our outward aspects;—thou dost rise And