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" At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose, That still could keep afloat the struggling tars, For yet they strove, although of no great use : There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The... "
Lord Byron's Works - Page 137
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821
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The poetical works of lord Byron, with illustr. by K. Halswelle

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...miracle. At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose, That still could keep afloat the struggling...port, And, going down head foremost— sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,Then...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...here. At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose, That still could keep afloat the struggling...And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewellThen shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, —...
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A Selection from the Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 pages
...miracle. At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose That still could keep afloat the struggling...heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost—sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell—• Then shriek'd the timid,...
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Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours, Volume 35

1884 - 492 pages
...miracle. At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things for a chance, had been cast loose, That still could keep afloat the struggling...gave a heel and then a lurch to port, And, going down headforemost — sunk, In short. Then rose from sea to Bky the wild farewellThen shrlek'd the timid,...
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Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spara, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loosa, That still could keep afloat the struggling tars,...a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down headforemost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the...
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Gems of English poetry from Chaucer to the present times, selected and ...

Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...here. At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose, That still could keep afloat the struggling...And, going down head foremost, — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave ;...
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Gems of English poetry from Chaucer to the present times, selected and ...

Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...here. At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose, That still could keep afloat the struggling...heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost,—sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shriek'd the timid,...
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Routledge's Every Boy's Annual

Edmund Routledge - Children's literature - 1867 - 840 pages
...cast up her stern as if in farewell to us, her late crew and present companions in misfortune, and "She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost— sunk, in short." * When the rain of falling debris had ceased, the boats containing...
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The poetical works of lord Byron. Repr. with notes, &c, Issue 35

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast ioovj. than mightiest bards have been. Whose fate to distant...grot. And thou, the Muses' seat, art now their gr foremost-sunk, in short Lit. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewellThen shriek'.! the timid and...
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Polyglot Reader, and Guide for Translation: Consisting of a Series of ...

Jean Roemer - 1868 - 340 pages
...spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose, That still could keep afloat the straggling tars, For yet they strove, although of no great use...gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And going down head-foremost-^-sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ! Then shriek'd the timid,...
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