 | Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866 - 258 Seiten
...7. A colour made of white and red. 8. The east wind. XLIIL THE SECOND ALWAYS USEFUL TO THE FIRST. " A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee ! " 1. A son of Aaron. 2. The general who defeated Galgacus on the Grampian hills. 3. Bad taste. 4.... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 Seiten
...bee, with various sound, Proclaim the sweets of wedlock round. •' A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. \ WET sheet and a flowing sea — A wind that follows...gallant mast — And bends the gallant mast, my boys. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breez:, And white... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 Seiten
...WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, Seats. And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " 0 for a soft and gentle wind!" I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And white... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1867 - 140 Seiten
...merriment, Their days are spent, whose minds are bent To follow the useful plough. THE MARINER'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. THE LITTLE STRINGS. 11? " Oh, for a soft and gentle wind !" I hear a fair one cry; But give to me the... | |
 | John Lewis Peyton - 1867 - 696 Seiten
...I heard some of the young gentlemen upon deck singing merrily the words of that popular song — " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...like the Eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and '. Old England on the lee. * •» # # There's tempest in yon horned moon, And lightning in yon cloud... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...dangers thou must brave ? Mr fears will deem each gale a storm. While thou art on the wave. LE Landon. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. Allan Cunningham, Sung. 0 Thou, who in thy hand dost hold The winds or waves that wake or sleep, Thy... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 Seiten
...There's nae luck at a' ; There's nae luck about the house, When our gudeman's away. Mickle. 75.— A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing...follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And tends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 Seiten
...light there is shed upon them. Preface to Corruption and Intolerance. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 1785-1842. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Set. While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea. ibid. REGINALD... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 Seiten
...shine in thine eye ; And prond resolve, and pnrpose meek, Speak of thee more than words can speak, — A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing...wind that follows fast, — And fills the white and rnstling sail, And bends the gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle... | |
 | Galveston, Author of Milly Clifford - 1868 - 276 Seiten
...CHAPTEE II. THE MNE STAB STATE. So the Trade Wind held her course, as Allan Cunningham writes, with " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast." St. George's Channel was entered, Holyhead, with the range of Welsh hills, and Tuska's Kock were left... | |
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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... 
