 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...  The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern - Page 689edited by - 1878 - 760 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Child - 1850 - 72 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. 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...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...FLOWING SEA.1 A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rnstling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one ery ; Bnt give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...peasant, elevated into a superior rank, as much by conduct and character, as by talent and industry. 0 And fills the white and swelling sail. And bends the gallant...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. N • " Oh for a soft and gentle wind!" I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Dr. Arnold. 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...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. THE SHIP AT SEA. 165 O for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. 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 hoys, While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0, for... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...Sea. 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...me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high : And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship tight and free, — The world of waters is our... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Blind blocked bindings (Binding) - 1852 - 230 pages
...our way. " 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 dagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " ' Oh for a soft and gentle... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. 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...wind," I heard a fair one cry, But give to me the snorting breeze, And white waves heaving high ; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...song-wreath which may grace my Jean, While rivers flow, and woods grow green. 404 SOUTHEY. [VICTORIA, And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
 | English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...acquaintance. B 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...the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves <) for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white... | |
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