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. O... The Granville series. Reading book. Standard 1-6 - Page 93by Granville series - 1881Full view - About this book
| 1823 - 496 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And 611s the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leave* Old England on the lee. t. O for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 558 pages
...former compositions. We will quote one or two, which we presume are the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...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, And... | |
| 1822 - 694 pages
...thirty-eighth year. Propcrtii vita per anno» digerķa. THE MARINER'S SONG. BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. О for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
| Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze, And white... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze, And white... | |
| Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1826 - 538 pages
...former compositions. We will quote one or two, which we presume are the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...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, And... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...can conceive. GENTLEMAN'S MAG. 1793. THE MARINER'S SONG. ... ....., "..'.. : .. .1:.. . ! .. ' - * .' -A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boysrf" While like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****.... | |
| Military art and science - 1827 - 700 pages
...astronomy." THE MARINER'S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys ! While like an eagle free, Awav the good snip flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...tone of her last faint sigh. — And this is man's fidelity ! ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. THE MARINER S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...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... | |
| Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...and with gentle whisper said, " Would that destiny had not united us." EXERCISE CII. (Cunningham). A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys, 5 While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1, 2. While... | |
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