| United States - 1842 - 498 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. The rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
| 1842 - 818 pages
...ballad is vivid nd touching in the highest degree. How striking are the comparisons in this verse ; She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry hull. "To the River Charles, "is as sweet and pleasant a string of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 144 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
| Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1850 - 312 pages
...expect to be in this life. And this ends part the second of my story. PART III. CHAPTER I. She strtick where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. LONGFELLOW. THE captain paced the deck, looking up from time... | |
| 1851 - 1220 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew, Like icicles, from her deck. " She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. " Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...carded wool ; But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
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