 | Alfred McFarland - 1884 - 276 pages
...Then Bhriek'd the timid, and silent stood the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suak'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him... | |
 | Approved poetry - 1884 - 114 pages
...As eager to anticipate their grave ; And th* sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. At first one universal shriek there rushed, Louder than the... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 pages
...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...whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he dies. 4. And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 256 pages
...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...she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who 12 grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. And first one universal shriek... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — 10 Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful oy. 'My brother! my brother!' groaned the survivor;...mother?— how shall I meet even night and solitude a yell, Like one who grapples with his enemy, 15 And strives to strangle him before he die. And first... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned round 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 universal shriek there rushed, Louder than the... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1887 - 270 pages
...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 with his enemy — And strives to strangle him — before ... he die. 'And first — 5one universal shriek there rushed —... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1887 - 270 pages
...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 with his enemy— And strives to strangle him—before ... he die. 'And first— " one universal shriek there rushed— "Louder... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 pages
...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 with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. And first one universal shriek there rushed, Louder than the... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...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 suck'd with her...whirling wave. Like one who grapples with his enemy. And strives to strangle him before he died. — Campbell. Twilight at Sea. THE twilight hours, like birds,... | |
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As eager to anticipate their grave; 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. 
