 A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O...  Lays and Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century - Pagina 111863Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pagina’s
...think this wedded life of mine The best of all things not divine. •: A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, Away the good ship flies, and leave? Old England on the lee. "Oh for a soft and gentle wind!" I heard... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1858 - 754 pagina’s
...former compositions. We will quote one or two, which we presume are the least familiar to our readers: " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the gallant mast ! And bends the gallant mast, my hoys. While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 pagina’s
...the troublesome waves that beset life here, To the everlasting port. THE MARINER'S SONG. CUNNINGHAM. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves And bends the gallant mast; And bends... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 218 pagina’s
...agree : We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0, for a soft and gentle wind ! l heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze. And... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 196 pagina’s
...: We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. 1 A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA A WET sheet and a flowing sea. A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail. And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pagina’s
...plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set! Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset! Sir W. Scott A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind ! And white waves heaving high \ And white waves heaving high, my... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pagina’s
...last work was a " Life of Sir David Wilkie." He died 29th October 1842. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pagina’s
...preventing ; — The waters wild went o'er his child, And he was left lamenting. CAMPBELL. L SEA SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 132 THE WRECK. " O for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 216 pagina’s
...manner, better than all the threatenings of blustering authority. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. ' Oh, for a soft and gentle wind ! ' I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the stormy breeze,... | |
 | 1863 - 982 pagina’s
...heather. Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset ! Sir W. Scott A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like tl>e eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle... | |
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