 Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with...  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 149by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821Full view - About this book
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...stars, The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews ; And going down head foremost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then...grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, Like one who grapples with his. enemy, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, And strives... | |
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...forgot! A SHIPWRECK. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Byron. Then shriek'd the timid—and stood still the brave— Then some leap'd overboard...a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave— Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. Of echoing... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1826 - 288 pages
...Then ihrlek'd the timid, and stood still the brovt, Then tomc leap'd overboard with dreadful y.,ll, Ai eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd...a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wnvc, I .iln, one who grapplet with his enemy, And strivet to ttrangle him before he di«. LI 1 1.... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost—sunk, in short. Then rose from tea to sky the wild farewell ! Then shriek'd the timid and stood still the • brave; Then tome leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...which appeared inevitable. The scene of horror that now presented itself baffles all description — Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave. The upper deck was covered with between six and seven hundred human beings, many of whom, from previous... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...which appeared inevitable. The scene of horror that now presented itself baffles all description — Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shriek'd the timid, aud stood still the brave. The upper deck was covered with between six and seven hundred human beings,... | |
 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...to sky the wild ' Farewell,' Then shrieked the timid, and stooil still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the Sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave. Like one who grapples... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...sky the wild farewell, Then sbriek'd the timid and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overhoard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave...a hell ; And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. And first one... | |
 | 1833 - 592 pages
...responded a kind of faint echo to the last earthly sound of one hundred and thirty human beings. " Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then...shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave ; Then same leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, An eager to anticipate their grave ! And the sea yawn'd around... | |
 | Old Sailor - 1826 - 534 pages
...stood Mill the bnre; Then snmc leap'd overboard with dreadful Ai «ger to anticipate their grav* ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy. And strives to strangle him before he die. And first one... | |
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