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... Major's New code ... readers - Pagina 149door Henry Major - 1875Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pagina’s
...billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool; But the cruel rocks they gored...board, Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sank, Ho 1 ho ! the breakers roar'd ! At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast To see the... | |
| 1840 - 818 pagina’s
...billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy wavM Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored...horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheath'd in ice, With tb« masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sank, Ho... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 pagina’s
...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...masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass, she strove and sank, Ho ! ho ! the breakers roared ! At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood... | |
| 1842 - 498 pagina’s
...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...they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. The rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass,... | |
| 1842 - 818 pagina’s
...ballad is vivid nd touching in the highest degree. How striking are the comparisons in this verse ; She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry hull. "To the River Charles, "is as sweet and pleasant a string of verses as we have read for many... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pagina’s
...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...masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass, she strove and sank, Ho ! ho ! the breakers roared ! At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pagina’s
...billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored...horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheath'd in ice, AVith the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sank, Ho... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pagina’s
...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...glass, she stove and sank, Ho ! ho ! the breakers roared ! At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pagina’s
...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...glass, she stove and sank, Ho ! ho ! the breakers roared ! At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden... | |
| Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1850 - 312 pagina’s
...expect to be in this life. And this ends part the second of my story. PART III. CHAPTER I. She strtick where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded...they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. LONGFELLOW. THE captain paced the deck, looking up from time to time anxiously at the threatening sky.... | |
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