 | William Motherwell - Ballads, Scots - 1864 - 380 pages
...owre the sea wi' me. " Mak ready, mak ready, my merry men a' ! 0ur gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm...in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we 11 come to harm." * "Gane:" suffice. t "Half-fou :" the eighth part of a peck. They hadna sailed... | |
 | Robert Bell - Ballads - 1864 - 240 pages
...eighth part of a peck. ' Make ready, make ready, my merry mca a*. Our gude ship sails the morn.' ' Xow, ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! ' I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the old moon in her arm ; And. if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' They hadna sailed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...owre the sea wi' me. " Make ready, make ready, my merrymen a' I Our gude ship sails the morn." "Now, ever alake! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm...auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, 1 (ear we'll come to harm.71 They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league, but barely three, When... | |
 | William Allingham - Ballads, English - 1865 - 456 pages
...ever alake ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. ' gane,' sufficed. ' half-fou,' half-bushel. . H ' I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' 12 They hadna sail'd upon the sea A day but barely three, Till loud and boisterous grew the wind, And... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...And that gave me my jolly red nose. From the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Sir Patrick Spens. I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm. From Play ford's Musical Companion, 1687. Begone, dull Care, I prithee begone from me ; Begone, dull... | |
 | Ballads - 1867 - 638 pages
...men a' I Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! cf I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon...harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift 1 grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The anchors... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - Meteorology - 1867 - 460 pages
...the old moon, stormy weather is foreboded. Great confidence is placed in this old prognostic: — " I saw the new moon late yestreen ' Wi' the auld moon...we gang to sea, Master, I fear we'll come to harm." Sir Patrick Spens. Saturation of vapour in the upper regions of the atmosphere is the cause of this... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - Meteorology - 1867 - 460 pages
...Great confidence is placed in this old prognostic : — " I saw the new moon late yestreen Wi' the aukl moon in her arm, And if we gang to sea, Master, I fear we-ll come to harm." Sir Patrick Spens. Saturation of vapour in the upper regions of the atmosphere is the cause of this... | |
 | James Campbell - Abbeys - 1867 - 468 pages
...ever alack, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. * As will suffice. J The eighth part of a peck. " I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And I fear, I fear, my master dear, That we shall come to harm ! " They hadna sail'da league, a league,... | |
 | James Maidment - Ballads, English - 1868 - 584 pages
...with me." " Be't wind or weet, be't snaw or sleet, Our ships maun sail the morn." " 0 ever alack ! my Master dear, I fear a deadly storm." I saw the...late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm . And if ye gang to sea, maister, I fear we'll suffer harm." They had na sailed a league on sea, A league but... | |
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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 moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm. 
