...They marked the high masthead Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost : While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...suspense, to bear The hope that keeps alive despair. The Sequel. He sought his sire from shore to shore, He sought him day by day ; The prow he tracked...

...thought—the terrible truth—at last steal on the heart. Who, indeed, can fathom the agony of those that ' Doubt, and fear, and wish and grieve, Believe and...suspense to bear The hope that keeps alive despair ?' Although dark uncertainty may rest upon the closing struggle, it is only too probable that the boats...

...They marked the high masthead Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost : While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...suspense, to bear The hope that keeps alive despair. The Sequel. He sought his sire from shore to shore, He sought him day by day ; The prow he tracked...

...They mark'd the high mast-head Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost ; While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter roar ; — At length they saw, tney heard no more. • The Cape of Good Hope, formerly called the Cape of Storms There are to whom...

...They mark'd the high mast-head Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost: While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache; Still doom'd, in sad suspense, to bear The hope that keeps alive despair." The following lines, which form...