 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
 | 1856 - 1026 pages
...their 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... | |
 | 1842 - 480 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...grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped o creep, decrepit with his age. Behold him when passed by ; what then it seen yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
 | James Caughey - 1844 - 344 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 around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the bnvc — Then some leaped verboard wi R1. yawned around her like a hell. And down she sucked with her the whirling w»vr, Like one who grapples... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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 around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1845 - 310 pages
...Then shnek'd the timid and stood still the bravo • Then some leap'd overboard with ilrearlfi.il yen, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd around her tike a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling ware, Like one who grapples with his enemy,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 366 pages
...She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short.(2) III. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still thebrave, — Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell,(3) As eager to anticipate their grave... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1847 - 614 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 around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
 | Dangers - 1848 - 452 pages
...which appeared inevitable. The scene of horror that now presented itself, baffles all description — u 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 persons, many of whom, from previous... | |
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