| N. Brittan, L. H. Sherwood - Hymns, English - 1855 - 400 pages
...Melodist, 126. Id vol. Melodeoo, 50. 1. A wet sheet and a flowing sea. And a wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...And bends the gallant mast, my boys ! While, like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Columbia on our lee. 0, give me a wet sheet, a... | |
| John Frost - Elocution - 1855 - 462 pages
...hour of ill. 88. — THE MARINER'S BONO. 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 boy* While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves •' O ! for a soft and gentle... | |
| Charles Rogers - 1856 - 336 pages
...e'e ! '' 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...England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! I hear a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high ; And white waves... | |
| English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...! (fin , tin flotteg 9Rctr. IMII nafftl Ju*. tin flotlti Dicer. din 3Binb, t>or bem man tlit^t, And fills the white and rustling sail, • And bends the...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...small country towns." — Dr. Arnold. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. THE SHIP AT SEA. 201 0 for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...birth. BYRON. THE SONG OF THE MARINER. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...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... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1856 - 754 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. " O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,... | |
| Scotland. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - English poetry - 1856 - 602 pages
...his acquaintance. B TO s»in ',.-'" a 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. sis. 0 for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze,... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A ii « \ CU 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 swelling breeze, And white waves heaving high. The white waves heaving high, my lads, The good ship... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...! CAMPBELL. XI.— 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...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... | |
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