 | 1856 - 754 pages
...ftin ! (fin , tin flotteg 9Rctr. IMII nafftl Ju*. tin flotlti Dicer. din 3Binb, t>or bem man tlit^t, And fills the white and rustling sail, • And bends...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...he comes to me, Shall come on the wide unbounded sea ! A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A ii « \ CU A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze, And white waves heaving high. The white waves heaving high, my lads, The good ship... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 436 pages
...thee more than words can speak. I think this wedded life of mine The best of all things not divine. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing...free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England ou the lee. " Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 pages
...How-d'ye-doing goes, And t'other in Good-byeing." HON. WILLIAM SPESCEE. a 2i2aet SIj«t anti a dFiototng Sea. A 'WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breezp, And... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 pages
...unheeded, dumb ; But Vengeance is behind, and Justice is to come ! CAMPBELL. XI.— THE MARINER'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O ! for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 pages
...thee more than words can speak. I think this wedded life of mine The best of all things not divine. X A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing...gallant mast, my boys. While, like the eagle free, 206 Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " Oh for a soft and gentle wind !... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1857 - 758 pages
...former compositions. We will quote one or two, which we presume are the least familiar to our readers: " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flics, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0 for -a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...thee more than words can speak. I think this wedded wife of mine The best of all things not divine. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing...and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And hends the gallant mast, my hoys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flics, and leaves Old... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 pages
...and verae. His songs and ballad) are his best productions, and many of them have great excellence.] A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the roaring breeze, And... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...more than words can speak. I think this wedded life of mine The best of all things not divine. •: A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing...gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, Away the good ship flies, and leave? Old England on the lee. "Oh for a soft and gentle wind!" I heard... | |
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A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O... 
