 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
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...worse and worse, and the whole crew are swept off the ship into the sea. Listen to this, Katie Maurice: "The breakers were right beneath her bows; She drifted,...billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. "Imagine, Katie Maurice! 'Like icicles! Frozen and stiff. And of course the small maiden perishes when... | |
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