 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 246 pages
...T was right,' said they, ' such birds to slay, That bring the fog and mist.' " The fair breeze Mew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free ; We...silent sea. " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'T was sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! " All in... | |
 | Edward Rae - Archangel, Province (Description and travel) - 1875 - 390 pages
...milk, the only distinction being a creamy haze upon the water. We were sailing upon the White Sea. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow...the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down — 'Twos sad as sad could be — And we did speak, only... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 pages
...That made the breeze to blow ! ' " Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, The glorious sun uprist;* Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought...The furrow followed free ; We were the first that every burst Into that silent sea. " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...glorious sun uprist ; Then all averred I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist. "'Twos right," said they, "such birds to slay That bring...silent sea. ' Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twos sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! ' All in... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1876 - 452 pages
...holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. DEAD CALM IN THE TROPICS. THE fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow...silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'T was sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! All in a... | |
 | Phrenology - 1876 - 1000 pages
...bird That made (he breeze to blow. N»r dim nor red, like an angel's head, The glorious sun uprist ; Then all averred I had killed the bird, That brought...birds to slay That bring the fog and mist. • The breezes blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free ; We were the first that ever burst, Into... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...glorious sun uprist ; Then all averred I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist. "'Twiis his ancient thorn had ; \Ve were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. ' Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt... | |
 | Sir James Lamont - Arctic regions - 1876 - 460 pages
...habitable country in the known world. IN OOOSE HAVEN. SECTION II. BARENTZ SEA AND FEANZ JOSEF LAND 'The fair breeze blew — the white foam flew, The...free; We were the first, that ever burst Into that silent sea.' BARENTZ SEA AND FRANZ JOSEF LAND. AN account of ice and currents to the north, northeast,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 314 pages
...Then all averred, I had killed the bird themselves acThat brought the fog and mist. S^63 '" *" 'T was right, said they, such birds to slay That bring the...free ; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. sails northward, even till it reaches the line. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1877 - 408 pages
...blow ! Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, The glorious Sun uprist : Then all averr'd, I had kill'd the bird That brought the fog and mist. 'Twas right,...fair breeze blew,* the white foam flew, The furrow stream 'd off free ; t We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. i * The breezes blew.... | |
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Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, The glorious Sun uprist: Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist. 
