 | Frederick Marryat - 1842 - 414 pages
...gentleman alone. Here 's more wind coming. "A wet sheet and a flowing sea A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies , and leavef Old England on the lee." "Jacob," said the Domino, "I have heard by the mouth of Rumour, with... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle fiee, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. A WET SHliiir AND A PLOWIMG SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sen, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my bpys, While, like the enylr flee, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...sail, And hcnds the gallant mast : And hcnds the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the enisle fiec, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...with fowl, The Mariner's Song. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, Arid (ills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...wind," I heard a fair one cry ; — But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high ; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...spirit. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast,— And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high : And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1845 - 662 pages
...are the least familiar to our readers: "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0 for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...hour of ill. 88.— THE MARINER'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, iny boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves " O ! for a soft and gentle... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, — And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high : And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1880 - 1472 pages
...And fills the wliite and rusting sail, And bends the gnllant mast; And bends the gnllant mast, ray boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and Icaves Old England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! I beard a fair one cry ; But give to... | |
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A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast, And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " Oh... 
