Poems, songs and ballads of the sea, compiled and arranged by C. Bruce, Edição 631Charles Bruce (writer of tales) 1874 |
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... float on , they hear the Bears on shore , Trooping down to the icy strand watching them ever- more . The morning dawns ; unto their eyes the light hath lost its cheer , Nor distant sail , nor drifting spar , within their ken appear ...
... float on , they hear the Bears on shore , Trooping down to the icy strand watching them ever- more . The morning dawns ; unto their eyes the light hath lost its cheer , Nor distant sail , nor drifting spar , within their ken appear ...
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... floating fleets of ice- The navies of the northern main . The Arctic ventures , blindly hurled The proofs of Nature's olden force- Like fragments of a crystal world Long shattered from its skyey course . These are the buccaneers that ...
... floating fleets of ice- The navies of the northern main . The Arctic ventures , blindly hurled The proofs of Nature's olden force- Like fragments of a crystal world Long shattered from its skyey course . These are the buccaneers that ...
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... floating on , And closed beneath the lee , Till the thickening waters dashed no more , ' Twas ice around , behind , before- My God ! there is no sea ! What think you of the whaler now ! What of the Exquimaux ? A sled were better than a ...
... floating on , And closed beneath the lee , Till the thickening waters dashed no more , ' Twas ice around , behind , before- My God ! there is no sea ! What think you of the whaler now ! What of the Exquimaux ? A sled were better than a ...
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... floating throne . Who led them on ? A deathless name , ' That through their bosoms shot like flame- Nelson ! -- the noblest son of fame ! Startled , yet stern , the Frenchman's line Saw in the sun the red - cross shine And felt it ...
... floating throne . Who led them on ? A deathless name , ' That through their bosoms shot like flame- Nelson ! -- the noblest son of fame ! Startled , yet stern , the Frenchman's line Saw in the sun the red - cross shine And felt it ...
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... floating fort ; Then comes a puff of smoke from her guns , And leaps the terrible death , With fiery breath , From each open port . We are not idle , but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof ...
... floating fort ; Then comes a puff of smoke from her guns , And leaps the terrible death , With fiery breath , From each open port . We are not idle , but send her straight Defiance back in a full broadside ! As hail rebounds from a roof ...
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...