 The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like...  The Children's Garland from the Best Poets - Seite 80herausgegeben von - 1882 - 344 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gesner - 1983 - 764 Seiten
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 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 Seiten
...vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused like a frighted steed Then leaped her cable's length. n effect — they refer, in short, He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And... | |
 | Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts...trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | Joseph Harris - 1991 - 336 Seiten
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 | Joseph Harris - 1991 - 336 Seiten
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 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 Seiten
...Christ, who stilled the wave, On the Lake of Galilee. Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
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