Our gude ship sails the morn!"— "Now, ever alack, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! "I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm. Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side - Page 58edited by - 1853 - 206 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1833 - 474 pages
...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." l They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the...gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap,2 It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm."' They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league hut barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind...o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " 0 where will I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, ' [Mr. Buchan, in his "Ancient Ballads,"... | |
| Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm. "II They haiina sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three. When the lift grew dark, and the...gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap.ir It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.... | |
| Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 352 pages
...grew dark, and the wind blew loud. And gurly4 grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap,5 It was sic a deadly storm, And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. I Suffice. 2 The eighth part of a peck. ' Sky. * Covered with waves. II Sprang. " O where will I get... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league hut barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind...topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves came o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. ' O where will I get a gude sailor To take... | |
| Ballads, English - 1845 - 258 pages
...if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the...broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. " O where Trill I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast, To see if I... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...your face this night, The land I will never see ! " They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The anchors brak, and the tapmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves came owre the staggering... | |
| William Motherwell - Ballads - 1846 - 300 pages
...we gang to sea, master, I fear we '11 come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league, but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the...topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves came o'er the broken ship Till a' her sides were torn. " O where will I get a gude sailor To take my... | |
| William Motherwell - Ballads - 1846 - 302 pages
...grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves came o'er the broken ship Till a' her sides were torn. " O where will I get a gude sailor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast To see if I can spy land ? '* " O here am I,... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...I fear, my dear master, That we will come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The anchors brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sik a deadly storm ; And the waves came o'er the broken... | |
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