 | William Hickling Prescott - 1857 - 758 Seiten
...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 fast,...! And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flics, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0 for -a soft and gentle... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...unheeded, dumb ; But Vengeance is behind, and Justice is to come ! CAMPBELL. XI.— THE MARINER'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast,...; 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 ! for a soft and gentle... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 Seiten
...think this wedded wife 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 fast,...and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And hends the gallant mast, my hoys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flics, and leaves Old... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 Seiten
...and verae. His songs and ballad) are his best productions, and many of them have great excellence.] A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast,...; 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 for a soft and gentle... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 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 fast,...gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee, ''Oh for a soft and gentle wind!" I heard... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1858 - 754 Seiten
...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 fast,...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
...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
...: 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 fast....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. 0, for a soft and gentle... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
