| Half hours - 1847 - 616 Seiten
...hame fain wad I be, An' it 's hame, hame, hame, to my ain countree ! A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. Oh, for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
| 1847 - 436 Seiten
...eomposers who will marry it to a melody worthy of its vigour. "A wet sheet and ;v flowing sea, A wind tlmt follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail,...gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Awav the good sbip flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. * * a * There's tempest in yon homed moon,... | |
| 1847 - 906 Seiten
...Away our good ship flies, and leaves Columbia on our lea. Oh, give me a wet sheet, a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. For a soft and gentle wind, 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the roaring breeze, And white waves... | |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1848 - 322 Seiten
...tossing in a boat for the first time in her life, alone with two rough, hard-looking men. CHAPTER XI. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast! v And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves... | |
| 1880 - 1496 Seiten
...Cunningham. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rusting sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Awav the good sbip flies, and leaves üld England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind! I heard... | |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1849 - 440 Seiten
...rocking and tossing in a boat for the first time in her life, alone with two rough hardlooking men. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea , A wind that follows fast And lills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast! And hends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
| Child - 1850 - 72 Seiten
...man to his lot! And mercy (encouraging thought!) COWPER. BE WIIAT YOU SEEM TO BEt 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. Oh for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...I hope to be, An' there I'll meet ye a' soon Frae my ain eonntree ! A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA.1 A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rnstling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...eighteen, who have lived all their days in inland country parishes or small country towns." — Dr. Arnold. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. THE SHIP AT SEA. 165 O for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 Seiten
...again, 0 Britons ye may rue it. Then 0 protect, &c. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my hoys, While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0, for... | |
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