 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...barely three, Whan the lift* grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the top-masts lap, { It was sic a deadly...o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. a O whare will I get a gude sailor " To tak my helm in hand, " Till I get up to the tall top-mast,... | |
 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the top-masts lap, j It was sic a deadly storm, And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " O whare will I get a gude sailor " To tak my helm in hand, " Till I get up to the tall top-mast, " To... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap,* It was sic a deadly storm...the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " O where will I get a gude sailor, " To take my helm in hand, " Till I get up to the tall top-mast, "... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap,* It was sic a deadly storm...the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " O where will I get a gude sailor, " To take my helm in hand, " Till I get up to the tall top-mast, "... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap,* It was sic a deadly storm...the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " O where will I get a gude sailor, " To take my hehn in hand, " Till I get up to the tall top-mast, "... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves came o'er the 'broken ship Till a' her sides were torn. 13 " O where will I get a gude sailor To take... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves came o'er the broken ship Till a' her sides were torn. "O where will I get a gude sailor To take my... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1833 - 474 pages
...grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap,2 It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " O where will I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast, To see... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, IT It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " 0 where will I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast, To... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...hut barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, "• It was sic a deadly...o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " 0 where will I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, ' [Mr. Buchan, in his "Ancient Ballads,"... | |
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Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the... 
