 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
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...crews; — She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. 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. And first one... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 pages
...down head foremost — sunk, in short.2 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,3 As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she... | |
 | Lentush club - 1850 - 106 pages
...the wild farewell, — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still th brave ; And some leaped over board with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down with her she sucked the whirling As one that struggles with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. 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. And first one... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost— sunk, in short. Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As...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... | |
 | John Carr Badeley - 1851 - 68 pages
...eternal punishment they dread ! It reminds us of the desperation pourtrayed by Byron in a shipwreck. " Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, And some leap'd overboard with furious yell, As eager to anticipate their grave I" Some seek it simply... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...o'er ; And he, and his eight hundred, shall plough the waves no more. COWPER. SHIP SINKING AT SEA. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell,— Then...yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard, with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned round her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. 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... | |
 | Dangers - 1854 - 446 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 braye." The upper deck was covered with between six and seven hundred human persons, many of whom,... | |
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