 Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, "Cut away the mast!" So we shuddered there in silence, — For the stoutest held his breath, While the hungry sea was roaring And the breakers talked...  Chambers's graduated readers - Page 33by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...may turn into pain. THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER. JAMES T. FIELDS. We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep— It was midnight on the waters And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1879 - 398 pages
...class they have to face death, as in Field's lines : — " We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep, — • It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. " So we shuddered there in silence, — For the stoutest held his breath ; While the hungry sea was... | |
 | 1859 - 798 pages
...words, wrote the following s of poetry : — YHE YEMPESY. WE were crowded in the cahin ; Not a soul would dare to sleep, — • It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. "Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shatterM in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 726 pages
...thankful to God for their great deliverance. THE TEMPE9T. WE were crowded in the cabin, — Not a soul would dare to sleep; It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1851 - 316 pages
...having killed, are towing towards it. GOD ON THE OCEAN. We 'were crowded in the cabin. Kot a soul did dare to sleep ; It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter, To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - History - 1849 - 108 pages
...And offered unto Genius in the old. BALLAD OF THE TEMPEST. WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep, — It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 668 pages
...following * Ballad of the Tempest' is simple yet picturesque : ' WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep ; It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. "T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling: trumpet Thunder... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 612 pages
...space. The following* Ballad of the Tempest' is simple yet pic1 WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep ; It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. ' 'T ie a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...following exquisite ballad, as a fair specimen of its quality : We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep, It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
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