 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
 | Rev. James W. Taylor - Fife (Scotland) - 1875 - 420 pages
...ready, my merry men a*, Oar gude ship sails the morn." They hadna sail'da 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 top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam' o'er the staggering... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - English language - 1875 - 558 pages
...the day — that masterpiece, "Sir Patrick Spens :" " They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea." Alhama was a town and fortress of the Moors, in a romantic situation between craggy mountains ; it... | |
 | Alexander Smith - Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1875 - 704 pages
...fear, my master dear, That we shall come to harm ! " They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league hut barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ropes they hrak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; The waves came o'er the broken... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Liberalism (Religion) - 1875 - 842 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 garly grew the sea. The anchors brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly stonii ; And the waves... | |
 | Sheila Hales - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1994 - 160 pages
...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll 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... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 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...loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmast lap, It was sic a deadly storm: And the waves cam owre the broken ship Till a' her sides were... | |
 | Peter-Eric Philipp, Andrew Lang - 2000 - 442 pages
..."Now ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the...sides were torn. "O where will I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast; To see if I can spy land?" "O here am I,... | |
 | Bill Moore, David Booth - Children's poetry - 2003 - 154 pages
...storm. And it came: They had not sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the luft grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The dialect is a bit difficult, but the ballad was made up long ago. In the end, everybody drowns: Half... | |
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