| Selections - English poetry - 1863 - 192 pages
...sea ! Byron . THEN rose from-sea,-to-sky the wild farewell , Then shriek 'd the timid and stood-still the brave , — Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful...sea yawn'd around her like a hell , — And down she suck'd-with-her the whirling wave , Like one who grapples with his enemy And strives to strangle him... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...Been their familiar, and now Death was here. * * * * Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell— Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, Like... | |
| Alexander McAuslane - 1864 - 406 pages
...from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shriek the timid, and stand still the brave ; And some leap overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawns around them like a hell." Everything, everywhere, is now as silent as the grave. Nothing can... | |
| Jean Roemer - 1868 - 340 pages
...port, And going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell I Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave...the sea yawn'd around her like a hell. And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And first one universal shriek... | |
| David Grant - English poetry - 1865 - 428 pages
...sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave *Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
| Quotations, English - 1866 - 320 pages
...ye flog them upon all occasions, It mends their morals — never mind the pain. Canto n. Stanza I. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then...grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. Canto n. Stanza 52.... | |
| 1884 - 492 pages
...going down headforemost— sunk. In short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewellThen shrlek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd...eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd round her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, like one who grapples with hla... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down headforemost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the bravo,— Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell,... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
| Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...the wild farewell— Byron. Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave— Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
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