 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 Seiten
...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 sea, A wind that follows...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... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1858 - 754 Seiten
...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...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 lea. " 0... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 Seiten
...the troublesome waves that beset life here, To the everlasting port. THE MARINER'S SONG. CUNNINGHAM. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves And bends the gallant mast; And bends... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 218 Seiten
...agree : We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...England on the lee. 0, for a soft and gentle wind ! l heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze. And white waves heaving high, The white... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 196 Seiten
...: We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. 1 A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA A WET sheet and a flowing sea. A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail. And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys.... | |
 | 1860 - 568 Seiten
...first verse of Allan' Cunningham's song, " A wet sheet and a flowing sea " ? The lines run thus : — " Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." A lee-shore is that to which the wind blows from the sea ; it is, therefore, difficult to understand... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 346 Seiten
...and verse. His songs and balladi are his best productions, and many of them have great excellence.] A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " 0 fois%-S5§; and gentle wind ! " I heawl'a fair one cry ; But give to me the roaring breeze, And white... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 Seiten
...plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set! Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset! Sir W. Scott 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 ! And white waves heaving high \ And white waves heaving high, my lads,... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 Seiten
...last work was a " Life of Sir David Wilkie." He died 29th October 1842. 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. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
 | 1991 - 648 Seiten
...quaint songs in a silvery tenor of great purity and sweetness that was delicious to the listening ear: "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast; While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea." There are... | |
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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... 
