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The works of ... lord Byron - Page 149
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821
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The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H. M. S. Bounty ...

Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 392 pages
...foundering, when She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ! Then...yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawu'd around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples...
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Moral Tales

1831 - 208 pages
...last the dreadful cry : " The ship has struck !" broke on the ears of the affrighted passengers. " Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then...dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave!" The boats were instantly lowered : Richard had collected provisions in the long-boat, and catching...
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Sixty Years of the Life of Jeremy Levis, Volume 2

Laughton Osborn - 1831
...will believe, thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character. Twelfth ffighi. Then rose, from sea to sky, the wild farewell ! Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave— AFTER giving some rapid order to his mate, the master of the vessel (for such was Berther,) conducted...
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Sixty Years of the Life of Jeremy Levis, Volume 2

Laughton Osborn - 1831 - 408 pages
...mind that aults With this thy fair and outward character. ' Ticdfth fflgU. Then rose, from Ma to iky, the wild farewell ! Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave— n<m Juan. AFTER giving some rapid order to his mate, the master of the vessel (for such was Berther,)...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Including His Suppressed Poems, and Others ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...crews; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. LII. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then...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. LIII. And first...
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A Memoir of the Late Captain Peter Heywood, R.N.: With Extracts from His ...

Edward Tagart - 1832 - 352 pages
...foundering, when ' She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going^ down head foremost — sunk Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ! Then...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. c 2 And first...
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The Royal Lady's Magazine, and Archives of the Court of St. James's, Volumes 3-4

1832 - 792 pages
...beneath the waves that encircle the islands since called the Bermudas. Then rose from sea to sky the last farewell ! Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still...Then some leap'd overboard, with dreadful yell, As ensrer to anticipate their grave: And the sea vawn d nround her like a hell. And down she suck'd with...
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A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants: With an Authentic ...

Sir John Barrow - 1832 - 320 pages
...farewell ! Tben slmck'd the timid and stood still the breve ; Then some leap'd overboard with dreadftil yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her iike a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling ware, Like one who grapples with his enemy....
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Don Juan: In Sixteen Cantos

George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...down head-foremost — snnk, in short. LII. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrick'd the timid, and stood still the brave. Then some leap'd overboard with dreadfnll yell. Aa eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd aronnd her like a hell, And...
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The Life of a Sailor, Volume 2

Frederick Chamier - 1833 - 240 pages
...was stand. ing out of the harbour through the leeward passage, bound to St. Jago dc Cuba. CHAPTER IX. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then...grave. And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, As down it sank with her the whirling wave. DON JUAN. I KNOW many men in the navy, who have served...
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