 | Thomas Roscoe - Travel writing - 1836 - 482 pages
...there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind, and the remorseless dash Of billows ; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton (W.S.) - 1836 - 918 pages
...there rnah'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a cta.-h Of echoing thunder ; and then all wu hush'd, Save the wild wind, and the remorseless dash Of billows ; but at interrali there gush'd, Accompanied with a continued splash, A solitary shriek — the bubbling 07... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...universal shrieV there rushed, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder, and then all was hushed, Save the wild wind, and the remorseless...bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony." Copy of Henry Ellard's Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Schooner, Felix, dated off Santander.... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...shriek there rushed, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder ; and then ... all was hushed, Save the wild wind and the remorseless...shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in Ais agony. Remarks. — In these examples," those letters most liable to an indistinct or perverted... | |
 | Robert Mignan - 1839 - 328 pages
...shriek there rush'd Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd Save the wild wind, and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, — the bubbling cry Of some strong... | |
 | 1839 - 914 pages
...was hush'd, Save the bull-dogs, and the remorseless dash Of Bison ; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some small climber in his agony. Then ensued a scene, the like of which no eye hath seen, no heart conceived,... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1841 - 474 pages
...fellows, and all that he could recollect was, that, as he lay upon his raft, - At intervals there pushed, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek...bubbling cry Of so'me strong swimmer in his agony." Having prolonged our search in vain, we at length continued on our voyage. By observation, we found... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind, and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows ; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek — the bubbling cry Of some strong... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...hush'd,— Save the wild wind, and the remorseless roar Of billows ; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek,...bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony. 1 Then let the winds howl on ! their harmony Shall henceforth be my music, and the night The sound... | |
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And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. 
