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. O... Amusing poetry, ed. by S. Brooks - Side 85av Amusing poetry - 1874Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 sider
...it a vision, or a waking dream ? Fled is that music:—do I wake or sleep ? THE SONG OF THE MARINER. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, Seats. And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free,... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1867 - 140 sider
...merriment, Their days are spent, whose minds are bent To follow the useful plough. THE MARINER'S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. THE LITTLE STRINGS. 11? " Oh, for a soft and gentle wind !" I hear a fair one cry; But give to... | |
| 1991 - 648 sider
...quaint songs in a silvery tenor of great purity and sweetness that was delicious to the listening ear: "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast; While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea." There are... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sider
...(1. 1-4) AmNP; BANP; CDC; MAT; NIP; TTY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM (1784-1842) A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea 1 A wet (1. 1—4) 2 While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea. (1. 23—24) BoTP; EnRP; FaBoBe;... | |
| Susan Harris Smith, Melanie Dawson - 2000 - 488 sider
...quaint songs in a silvery tenor of great purity and sweetness that was delicious to the listening ear: "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea." There are few singers on the lyric stage who could surpass Simon Cameron. One night, a few weeks after... | |
| Henry Coleman Folkard - 2000 - 586 sider
...a heavy sea, the risk is thereby eonsiderably angmented. SCCDDING, OB RCNNING BEFOBE THE WIND. • A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And till> the white aml rustling sails, And beuds the gallant must.'— CrNNINoHAM. THIS braneh of our... | |
| Malcolm Archibald - 2001 - 212 sider
...lifeline and enabled the world to be cleansed of a great evil. Chapter 21 The Challenge of Pleasure A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. ' Allan Cunningham. After being a place of mystery and a frontier for adventurers, a route for the... | |
| Bob Crew - 2005 - 170 sider
...rules the waves! Britons never shall be slaves.' Bob Crew Voyaging out A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves, Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And white... | |
| Philip J. Barker, Poppy Buchanan-Barker - 2005 - 308 sider
...used to steer the person out of danger and distress back on to the course of reclamation and recovery. A wet sheet and a flowing sea A wind that follows...white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast. Epilogue The challenge of change belongs to both the person who is the professional, and the person... | |
| Brad Watkins - 2006 - 136 sider
...out back with a cup of hot tea and read from one of the folded pages. A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. "O for a soft and gentle mind!" I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And... | |
| |