 Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly Vessel did I then espy Come like a giant from a haven broad; And lustily along the bay she strode, Her tackling rich, and of apparel high.  Knight's Excursion Companion - Page 19by Charles Knight - 1851 - 476 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...! T. With Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly Vessel did I then espy Come like a Giant from a haven broad ; And lustily along the Bay she... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...to be reconciled : O gentle Creature ! do not use me so, But once and deeply let me be beguiled. 5. With Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...Mere Slave of them who never for thee prayed, Still last to come where thou art wanted most ! XVIII. WITH Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...Slave of them who never for thee prayed, Still last to come where thou art wanted most ! 175 XVIII. WITH Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 362 pages
...Mere Slave of them who never for thee prayed, Still last to come where thou art wanted most ! XXVIII. WITH Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...dark, Of the old Sea some reverential fear, Is with me at thy farewell, joyous Bark ! • > XXXIV. WITH Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Sonnets, English - 1899 - 308 pages
...the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Among Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; many, One Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly Vessel did I then espy Come like a giant from a haven broad ; And lustily along the bay she... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...something dark, Of the old Sea some reverential fear, b with me a: thy farewell, joyous Bark! Wrrn Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed ; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...and somethiug dark, Of the old Sea some reverential fear, Is with me at thy farewell, joyous Bark ! WITH Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed; Some lying fast at anchor in the road, Some veering up and down, one knew not why. A goodly... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...full-spread sails. Wordsworth, it may be, had these Downs in his memory when he wrote his wellknown sonnet ; at any rate, the opening lines perfectly describe...between which and the Kentish coast they lie. The coast serves to shelter them on the west and north-west ; while, from north-east to south-east, the Goodwin... | |
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