 For the weather changes with the moon. All this morning, until noon, We had baffling winds, and sudden flaws Struck the sea with their cat's-paws. Only a little hour ago I was whistling to Saint Antonio For a capful of wind to fill our sail, And instead...  The Golden Legend - Page 256by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Wilson - Electricity - 1852 - 138 pages
...them the fires of St. Elmo. Longfellow, in his Golden Legend, makes a Mediterranean sailor say : — " Last night I saw Saint Elmo's stars, With their glimmering...spars, And I knew we should have foul weather to-day." In the Monkish Chronicles of the Middle Ages are descriptions of individuals, who at certain periods... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...morning, until noon, We had baffling winds, and sudden flaws Struck the sea with their cats'-paws. Only a little hour ago I was whistling to Saint Antonio...the spars, And I knew we should have foul weather to-dsy. Cheerly, my hearties ! yo heave ho ! Brail up the mainsail, and let her go As the winds will... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 346 pages
...weather changes with the moon. All this morning, until noon , We had baffling winds , and sudden fl aws Struck the sea with their cat's-paws. Only a little...the spars , And I knew we should have foul weather to -day. Cheerly, my hearties! yo heave ho! Brail up the mainsail , and let her go As the winds will... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...the sea with their cat's-paws. Only a little hour ago I was whistling to Saint Antonio For a capful wind to fill our sail, And instead of a breeze he...the spars. And I knew we should have foul weather to-diiy Cheerly, my hearties ! yo heave ho ! Brail up the mainsail, and let her go As the winds will... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 512 pages
...without warning, As Lucifer, son of the morning, Pell from the battlements of heaven ! IL FAD RONE. I must entreat you, friends, below ! The angry storm...weather to-day. Cheerly, my hearties ! yo heave ho I Brail up the mainsail, and let her go As the winds will and Saint Antonio ! Do you see that Livornese... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1867 - 482 pages
...downward without warning, As Lucifer, son of the morning, Fell from the battlements of heaven ! /I Padrone. I must entreat you, friends, below ! The...spars, And I knew we should have foul weather to-day. * So the Italian sailors call the phosphorescent gleams that sometimes play about the masts and ringing... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...begins to blow, For the weather changes with the moon. All this morning, until noon, We had haffling winds, and sudden flaws Struck the sea with their...the mainsail and let her go As the winds will and Suint Antonio! Do you see that Livornesc felucca, That vessel to the windward yonder, Running with... | |
 | Charles Swainson - Weather - 1873 - 326 pages
...Praecipites coelo labi. Electric Lights. Last night I saw Saint Elmo's stars, With their glittering lanterns all at play, On the tops of the masts and...the spars, And I knew we should have foul weather that day. Brand (iii. 400) quotes from the Scottish Encyclopaedia, v. Lights : "Dr Shaw tells us that... | |
 | William Morris Davis - Offshore whaling - 1874 - 420 pages
...suffered no change during the existence of the phenomena. Longfellow says : • "Last night I saw St. Elmo's stars, With their glimmering lanterns, all...spars, And I knew we should have foul weather to-day. Cheerily, my hearties ! yo heave-ho ! • Brail up the mainsail and let her go, As the winds will,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Bookbinding - 1881 - 754 pages
...has sent a gale. Last night I saw Saint Elmo's stars, With their glimmering lanterns, all at play OB the tops of the masts and the tips of the spars, And I knew we should have foul weather to-day. Oheerly, my hearties, yo heave ho ! Brail up the mainsail, and let her go As the winds will and Saint... | |
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