 The Boatswain swore with wicked words, Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit, 'Twas nothing but a feint. " Come, girl," said he, "hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will...  The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary selections, general ... - Page 3971822Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 482 pages
...said he, " hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. " And is ho gone, and is he gone ? " She cried, and wept outright : " Then I will... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 194 pages
...said he, " hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone ? " She cried, and wept outright : " Then I will... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 pages
...your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." V. So when they'd made their game of her, And taken off her elf, She rous'd, and found she only was A coming to herself. VI. "And is he gone, and is he gone?" She cried,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...'11 be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat A boatswain he will be." So when they 41 You will wake, and remember, and understand. ROBERT...EMIGRANT. I *M sittin' on the stile, Mary, Where we s t" She cried and wept outright ; " Then I will to the water-side, And see him out of sight." A waterman... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1874 - 458 pages
...lie, " hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone ?" She cried, and- wept outright : " Then I will... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...said he, " hold up your head, he'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, a boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was a-coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone 1 " she cried, and wept outright : " Then I will... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - English language - 1875 - 558 pages
...beheld young Ben hauled off to sea by a press-gang, she cried, after fainting and coming to again : " ' And is he gone ? And is he gone ?' She cried, and wept outright ; ' Then I will to the water go, And see him out of sight.' " " How happy is the born and taught, That serveth not another's will;... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1876 - 216 pages
...he, " hold up your head, He'll be as good as me; For when your swain is in our boat ... . A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused and found she only was A-coming to hersell. " And is he gone, and is he gone?" She cried, and wept outright ; "Then I will... | |
 | Thomas Hood - Bookbinding, Victorian - 1876 - 600 pages
...And tukcn olf her elf, She rous'd, and found she on'y was A coming to herself. VI. "And is he gune, and is he gone?" She cried, and wept outright : " Then I will to the water side, And see him out of aight.* VIt, A waterman came up to her,— '' Now, young woman," said he, "If you weep on so, you will... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat A boatswain he will be." 868 8C9 So when they 'd made their game of her, And taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was " And is he gone, and is he gone ? " She cried and wept outright ; " Then I will to the water-side,... | |
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