 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1861 - 346 pages
...and verse. His songs and balladi are his best productions, and many of them have great excellence.] A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " 0 fois%-S5§; and gentle wind ! " I heawl'a fair one cry ; But give to me the roaring breeze, And... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...I feel 'tis sweet to love ! But sweeter to be loved again. A llan Cunningham. Born 1784. Died 1842. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...preventing ; — The waters wild went o'er his child, And he was left lamenting. CAMPBELL. L SEA SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 132 THE WRECK. " O for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 216 pages
...manner, better than all the threatenings of blustering authority. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA I. 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 stormy breeze, And... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pages
...rocky breast As souls in a heavenly power that rest, .. Doth the sea bird find repose. % Met j?|eet. A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry, But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...heather. Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset ! Sir W. Scott A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like tl>e eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - English poetry - 1863 - 366 pages
...your trowsers I'll wash, and your grog too I'll make. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. AM.** CUNNINGHAM. WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast,...and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. And benda the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...cheer,— 1'arewell, my love, for to thy bay I never more may steer." W. Allinghaiti. THE SAILOR'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves And bends the gallant mast;— And... | |
 | Henry Coleman Folkard - 1863 - 414 pages
...is sometimes nearly driven under water in hazardous sailing. SCUDDING, OR KUNNING FROM THE WIND. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sails, And bends the gallant mast." CUNNINGHAM. This branch of the art requires to be performed with... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1864 - 780 pages
...former compositions. We will quote one or two, which we presume are the least familiar to our readers: " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0 for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,... | |
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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... 
