 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
 | Hymns - 1871 - 330 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's woe. And ever the fitful gusts...was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping... | |
 | 1868 - 224 Seiten
...dark and drear, [snow, Through the whistling sleet and Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe And ever the fitful gusts...land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On tliu rocks. ind the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her She drifted a dreary wreck,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards 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.... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 198 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards 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.... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling slcctand snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 168 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts...hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bow She drifted a dreary wreck ; And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from the deck. She... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 Seiten
...the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept O E E X H Z < u E H H Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever, the fitful gusts...trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. IN THE BROAD AND FIERY STREET !" — LONGFELLOW. 176 THE WRECK OF THE HESPER US. T The breakers were... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 Seiten
...whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And.ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land,...sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea sand. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks,... | |
 | Kensington series - 1872 - 232 Seiten
...sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. To the rocks and breakers right ahead She drifted, a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow...from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy wavea Look'd soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 Seiten
...dark and drear Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards 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 home of an angry .bull.... | |
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