 ... sea-gull gray, Greedy for slaughter, flew in circling flight. The candle of the sky grew straightway dark, The winds waxed strong, the waves whirled, and the surge Leapt high, the ropes creaked, dripping with the waves ; The Terror of the waters rose,...  Andreas: The Legend of St. Andrew - Page 111899 - 58 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Crustacea - 1924 - 468 pages
...thus described (372-8) : Then was the ocean stirred And deeply troubled, then the horn-fish played, Shot through the raging deep ; the sea-gull gray,...them Dared hope that he would ever reach the land.' However appropriate such exaggeration — or sheer invention — may be in the field of poetry, even... | |
 | William Joseph Long - English literature - 1925 - 844 pages
...Reprinted from Cook and Tinker, Translations from Old English Poetry, Ginn and Company, publishers. 2sea. The thanes were sore afraid ; not one of them Dared hope that he should ever reach the land, Of those who by the sea had sought a ship With Andrew, for as yet they... | |
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