 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
 | Henry C. Leonard - 1873 - 216 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.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 324 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.... | |
 | 1873 - 296 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...breakers were right beneath her bows : She drifted a dreaiy wreck ; And a whooping billow swept the crew, Like icicles, from her deck. She struck where... | |
 | Henry C. Leonard - 1873 - 214 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...trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. Tlie breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 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...sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1873 - 182 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 of the hard sea-sand; The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 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.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 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.... | |
 | Lucius Alonzo Butterfield - 1874 - 36 Seiten
...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Toward 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 sides Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales) - 1874 - 582 Seiten
...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ev«r the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land...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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