 | 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... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - Barges - 1834 - 320 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...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." " Jacob," said the Domine, " I have heard by the mouth of Rumour, with her hundred tongues, how careless... | |
 | Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...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...lee. O for a soft and gentle wind, I heard a fair one crv, But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high, And white waves heaving high,... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...Nithadale unknown to Bonn?" JK ReL 11.»56.— Hooo.] A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind l I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high, my boys,... | |
 | 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,"... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...replenished, and the air with fowl, Evening and morn solemnized the fifth day. The Mariner's Song. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...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,... | |
 | Songs, English - 1840 - 652 pages
...god of the vine ! Hurrah ! Wordt by WF CoUard. (Purday.) TRIO.— TF WALMISLEY. (2 Sopranos, Bass.) A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...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... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 898 pages
...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...the gallant mast, my boys ! While, like the Eagle freeAway the good ship flies and leaves Old England on the lee ! O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard... | |
 | 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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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. 0 for... 
