 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...surpass in merit all that IK has yet accomplished. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle fiee, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...yet accomplished. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A WET SHliiir AND A PLOWIMG SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sen, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and...the gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my bpys, While, like the enylr flee, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...surpass in merit all thai he has yet accomplished. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wur SHEET AND A FUJVVINO SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail, And hcnds the gallant mast : And hcnds the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...and sjtery eyes. The waters thus AVith fish replenish^, and the air with fowl, The Mariner's Song. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, Arid (ills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...selection of the subjects of his works, in their style, and in their spirit. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high : And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1845 - 662 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. " 0 for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
..." It is not painful, Psetus"— still Is love's word in the hour of ill. 88.— THE MARINER'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, iny boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves " O ! for a soft and gentle... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...of his works, in their style, and in their spirit. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high : And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1880 - 1472 pages
...And fills the wliite and rusting sail, And bends the gnllant mast; And bends the gnllant mast, ray boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and Icaves Old England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! I beard a fair one cry ; But give to... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...hame fain wad I be, An' it 's hame, hame, hame, to my ain countree ! A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high ; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship... | |
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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... 
