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 | 1863 - 530 pages
...selected as the most beautiful, the most truly poetical of all his compositions. ' Qua fursum ventus. As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...the self-same seas By each was cleaving side by side : E'en so— but -why the tale reveal Of those whom year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...selected as the most beautiful, the most truly poetical of all his compositions. " Qua cursum ventas. " As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart descried ; "When fell the night, up sprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1865 - 562 pages
...That my familiar arms embrace Unfathomable mystery. drtl)uv tjugl) €lougl). QJJ A CURSUM VENTUS. AS ships, becalmed at eve, that lay •^ *• With...self-same seas By each was cleaving, side by side : E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those whom, year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew... | |
 | George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - Canterbury (N.Z.) - 1865 - 412 pages
...at sea, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two tow'rs of sail at dawn of day Are scarcely leagues apart descried : When fell the night, upsprung...the self-same seas By each was cleaving side by side : E'en so—but why the tale reveal Of those, whom year by year unchang'd, Brief absence join'd anew... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - English poetry - 1865 - 252 pages
...will mock the expectant sleepers, Or steal their hopes away. HENRY GODWIN, FSA THE DESIRED HAVEN. S ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, up sprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied ; !N"or dreamt but each the selfsame seas... | |
 | Francis James Child - Religious poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...— I can but die ! May God love thee, my beloved, — may God love thee ! FRIENDS PARTED BY OPINION. As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...self-same seas By each was cleaving, side by side : E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those whom, year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...sweet upon a little chile, When they be dead that loved it. W, '. Barnes. CC. QUA CURSUM VENTUS. S ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...self-same seas By each was cleaving, side by side. E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those, whom year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew... | |
 | R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...is light in light; Heav'n within him, Heav'n around him, Pure, eternal, infinite! QUA CURSUM VENTUS. As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart, descried ; When fell the night, up sprang the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas... | |
 | Voices - Bible - 1866 - 234 pages
...ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvass drooping side by side — When fell the night, up sprang the breeze ; And all the darkling hours they plied,...self-same seas By each was cleaving, side by side. E'en so, (but why the Fate reveal Of those, whom, year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew,... | |
 | English essays - 1866 - 1004 pages
...and gorgeous style of the renaissance. 394 [MARCH, NUGJ3 LATINS, No. 1. As ships, becalmed at sea, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail at dawn of day Are scarcely, leagues apart, descried : When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling... | |
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