Poems, songs and ballads of the sea, compiled and arranged by C. Bruce, Edição 631Charles Bruce (writer of tales) 1874 |
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... Twas in the good ship Rover , Upon the shattered walls and roofs of Londonderry town , Voice of the mighty deep , We be three poor fishermen , What hid'st thou in thy treasure - caves and cells , What see I on this barren strand ? When ...
... Twas in the good ship Rover , Upon the shattered walls and roofs of Londonderry town , Voice of the mighty deep , We be three poor fishermen , What hid'st thou in thy treasure - caves and cells , What see I on this barren strand ? When ...
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... twas a noble game ! And like the lightning's flame Flew our harpoons of steel . " There were six of us all together Norsemen of Helgoland ; In two days and no more We killed of them three - score , And dragged them to the strand ...
... twas a noble game ! And like the lightning's flame Flew our harpoons of steel . " There were six of us all together Norsemen of Helgoland ; In two days and no more We killed of them three - score , And dragged them to the strand ...
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... Twas when he sailed from Amsterdam , in the adven- turous quest Of an ice - shored strait , thro ' which to reach the far and fabled West ; His dastard crew - their thin blood chilled beneath the arctic sky- Combined against him in the ...
... Twas when he sailed from Amsterdam , in the adven- turous quest Of an ice - shored strait , thro ' which to reach the far and fabled West ; His dastard crew - their thin blood chilled beneath the arctic sky- Combined against him in the ...
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... twas not there they could be nurs'd in homeliness and ease , One short day heard seven bodies sink , whose souls God rest in peace ! The one who first expir'd had most to note the foam he made , And no one prayed to be the last , tho ...
... twas not there they could be nurs'd in homeliness and ease , One short day heard seven bodies sink , whose souls God rest in peace ! The one who first expir'd had most to note the foam he made , And no one prayed to be the last , tho ...
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... twas they saw him die . He sleepeth where old winter's realm no genial air in- vades , His spirit burneth bright in heaven among the glorious shades Whose God - like doom , on earth it was creation to unfold , Spanning this mighty orb ...
... twas they saw him die . He sleepeth where old winter's realm no genial air in- vades , His spirit burneth bright in heaven among the glorious shades Whose God - like doom , on earth it was creation to unfold , Spanning this mighty orb ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
amain Avès bark beneath billows boat bold bore boys brave breast breath breeze bright captain cheek cheer cloud crew cried dark Davy Jones dead death deck deep dread ELIZA COOK England eyes fair fear flag flag of Spain floating foam gale gallant gaze gleam grave grim guns hand hath hear heard heart heaven HUMPHREY GILBERT Inchcape Rock king land laugh'd light lone look'd looked Lord maiden MARY HOWITT mast merrie morn ne'er never night at sea o'er ocean pale pennon pilot lost pirate roar rock round sail sailors sea-bird ship shore shrouds Sir John Franklin sleep smiled soul Spaniards Spanish main star stood storm storm rave stormy winds T. B. ALDRICH tears tell tempest thee thou thunder tide Tis a wild Twas vessel watch waves wild night winds do blow wreck
Passagens conhecidas
Página 317 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute. It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Página 305 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon -' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
Página 322 - Pilot's boat. Upon the whirl, where sank the ship, The boat spun round and round; And all was still, save that the hill Was telling of the sound. I moved my lips — the Pilot shrieked And fell down in a fit; The holy Hermit raised his eyes And prayed where he did sit.
Página 320 - The pilot and the pilot's boy, I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast. I saw a third — I heard his voice : It is the hermit good ! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes in the wood. * He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away The Albatross's blood.
Página 313 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Página 120 - Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Página 308 - And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work 'em woe : For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow.
Página 310 - There passed a weary time. Each throat Was parched, and glazed each eye. A weary time! a weary time! How glazed each weary eye, When looking westward, I beheld A something in the sky. At first it seemed a little speck, And then it seemed a mist; It moved and moved, and took at last A certain shape, I wist.
Página 320 - On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light; 441 This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart — No voice; but oh!
Página 83 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...