 And even as I prayed The answering tempest came ; It came with a mighty power, Shaking the windows and walls, And tolling the bell in the tower, As it tolls at funerals. The lightning suddenly Unsheathed its flaming sword, And I cried : " Stand still,...  ...Historic Boston and Its Neighborhood - Page 51by Edward Everett Hale - 1898 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...suddenlyUnsheathed its flaming sword. And I cried, " Stand still, and see The salvation of the Lord I " The heavens were black with cloud, The sea was white...Down on the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwhelming sens ; Ah, never were there wrecks So pitiful as these ! Like a potter's vessel broke The great ships... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1878 - 450 pages
...together, Make a glove of such a size ? " A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET. OCTOBER, 1746. ME. THOMAS PKIIÍCE loquitur. A FLEET with flags arrayed Sailed from the...tents of Cushan shook, Or the curtains of Midian. Down ou the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwhelming seas ; Ah, never were there wrecks So pitiful as these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 212 pages
...white with hail, And ever more fierce and loud Blew the October gale. A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET. I75 The fleet it overtook, And the broad sails in the...Like the tents of Cushan shook, Or the curtains of Midi™. Down on the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwhelming seas ; Ah, never were there wrecks So pitiful... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 144 pages
...funerals. The lightning suddenly Unsheathed its flaming sword, And I cried : " Stand still, and sea The salvation of the Lord ! " The heavens were black...broad sails in the van Like the tents of Cushan shook, Down on the reeling decks Crashed the overwhelming seas ; Ah, never were there wrecks So pitiful as... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1880 - 304 pages
...And tolling the bell in the tower As it tolls at funerals. The fleet it overtook, And the broad-sails in the van Like the tents of Cushan shook, Or the curtains of Midian. O nerer were there wrecks So terrible as these ! Down on the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwhelming... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 pages
...salvation of the Lord ! " The heavens were black with cloud, The sea was white with hail, And evermore fierce and loud Blew the October gale. The fleet it...curtains of Midian. Down on the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwlielming seas; Ah, never were there wrecks So pitiful as these ! Like a potter's vessel broke... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - Legends - 1884 - 500 pages
...mighty power, Shaking the windows and walls, And tolling the bell in the tower As it tolls at funerals. The fleet it overtook, And the broad sails in the...the curtains of Midian. Down on the reeling decks Crushed the o'envhclming seas ; Ah ! never were there wrecks So pitiful as these ! Tike a potter's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 548 pages
...salvation of the Lord ! " The heavens were black with cloud, The sea was white with hail, And evermore fierce and loud Blew the October gale. The fleet it...broad sails in the van Like the tents of Cushan shook, Down on the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwhelming seas ; Ah, never were there wrecks So pitiful as... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Publishers' bindings - 1894 - 748 pages
...was white with hail, And ever more fierce and loud Blew the October gale. THE LEAP OK BoUSHAN BEG. the fleet it overtook, And the broad sails in the...tents of Cushan shook, Or the curtains of Midian. Down ou the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwhelming seas ; Ah, never were there wrecks So pitiful as these... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - Children - 1884 - 500 pages
...power, Shaking the windows and walls, , And tolling the bell in the tower V As it tolls at funerals. The fleet it overtook, And the broad sails in the...Like the tents of Cushan shook, Or the curtains of Miclian. Down on the reeling decks Crashed the o'erwhelming seas ; Ah ! never were there wrecks So... | |
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