 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 anchors brak, and the...  The Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Page 9by Walter Scott - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1895 - 588 pages
...visibility, and a prognostic of the advancing cyclone, as the old ballad-monger properly expressed it : — ' I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi" the auld moon...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' But the portent is special to these latitudes ; further south — at Malta, for instance — the phenomenon... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - Ballads, Danish - 1806 - 388 pages
...or sleet, Our ships maun sail the morn." " O ever alack ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. " I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon...arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll suffer harm." They hadna sailed a league on sea, A league but barely ane, Till anchors brak, and tap-masts... | |
 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...master dear, " That we will come to harm." * Gone, suffice, f Halffou', the eighth part of a peck. They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, Whan the lift* grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the... | |
 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...master dear, " That we will come to harm." * Gane, suffice, t Half fou', the eighth part of a peck. They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, Whan the lift* grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...a' ! " Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld...sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...' ! " Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld...gang to sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." • Gane—Suffice. f Half-fou—l\\e eighth part of a peck. They hadna sail'da league, a league, A... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new inoon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm; " And,...sea, master, " I fear well come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,... | |
 | Geology - 1863 - 376 pages
...foreboded. Great confidence is placed in this old prognostic : " I saw the new moon late yestreen AV'i' the auld moon in her arm, And if we gang to sea, master, I f'uar we'll come to harm." — Sir Patrick Spens. (6.) Haloes predict a storm (rain and wind, or snow... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 432 pages
...ye lie ; For, sin' I hae seen your face this nicht, The land I will never see !" They had na sail'da league, a league, A league, but barely three, When...dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. « A half-peck. The anchors brak, and the tap-masts lap, It was sic a deidly storm ; And the waves... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - Ballads, English - 1829 - 460 pages
...snow or sleet, Our ship maun sail, the morn. 0 ever alack ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. 1 saw the new moon late yest'reen, Wi' the auld moon...in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we '11 suffer harm. They hadna' sailed a league on sea, A league but barely one, of year;" which the... | |
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