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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... "
From Thomas Campbell to Marquis of Lorne - Page 68
1876
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 12

1823 - 496 pages
...they refuse to let any one else slip in a word, even edgeways. THE MARINER'S SONG. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And 611s the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys,...
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Literary gems [ed. by J.S.].

Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...can conceive. GENTLEMAN'S MAG. 1793. THE MARINER'S SONG. ... ....., "..'.. : .. .1:.. . ! .. ' - * .' -A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boysrf" While like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****....
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The Naval and Military Magazine, Volume 1

Military art and science - 1827 - 700 pages
...to be already sufficiently accurate for every purpose of practical astronomy." THE MARINER'S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys...
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Progressive Exercises in Latin Elegiac Verse

Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...and with gentle whisper said, " Would that destiny had not united us." EXERCISE CII. (Cunningham). A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys, 5 While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1, 2. While...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 5

Naval art and science - 1836 - 872 pages
...Madeira, with a fine NNE breeze, speeding it gallantly towards the " Trades." We had now our desire : " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast." THE PORT OF CANEA. To the Editor of the Nautical Magazine. London, April 26lh, 1836. munication, intended...
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The Hobart Town Magazine, Volume 3

Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...young hero's grave — Oh ! not in vain is ever shed, The life-blood of the brave. THE MARINER S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, A ml fills the white and rustling sail,] And bends the gallant mast, And bends the gallant mast, my...
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Jacob Faithful

Frederick Marryat - 1838 - 430 pages
...Go and get dinner under weigh, you scamp, and leave the gentleman alone. Here 's more wind coming. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea A wind that follows...bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boysr While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." "Jacob,"...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...resolve, and purpose meek, S1x.'ak of thee more than words can speak, — A WET SHEET AND A PLOW1NG SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...fast, — And fills the white and rustling sail, And hends the gallant mast : And hends the gallant mast, my hoys, While, like the eagle free, Away the...
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A Voyage to India, Or, Three Months on the Ocean: Showing how Philip Grey ...

Author of Charlie's discoveries - India - 1841 - 242 pages
...whom he had ever been taught to love and trust, he soon fell into a peaceful slumber. CHAPTER II. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sails, And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys, The good ship tight and free...
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Compton Audley; or, Hands not hearts

lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 898 pages
...health, and no less shattered spirits " o'er the dark blue waters of the Atlantic." CHAPTER XII. AMERICA. A wet sheet and a flowing sea A wind that follows fast And nils the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys !...
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