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... Sharpe's London Magazine - Page 1101847Full view - About this book
| 1823 - 496 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And 611s the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leave* Old England on the lee. t. O for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 558 pages
...which we presume are the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail,...gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle, free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard... | |
| 1822 - 694 pages
...anno» digería. THE MARINER'S SONG. BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail,...gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. О for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...sepulchre. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail,...gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give... | |
| Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1826 - 538 pages
...which we presume are the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail,...gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle, free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. ... ....., "..'.. : .. .1:.. . ! .. ' - * .' -A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail,...the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boysrf" While like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****.... | |
| Military art and science - 1827 - 700 pages
...astronomy." THE MARINER'S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys ! While like an eagle free, Awav the good snip flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...is man's fidelity ! ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. THE MARINER S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail,...gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O ! for a soft and gentle wind," I heard... | |
| Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...destiny had not united us." EXERCISE CII. (Cunningham). A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail,...gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys, 5 While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1, 2. While... | |
| Naval art and science - 1836 - 872 pages
...gallantly towards the " Trades." We had now our desire : " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast." THE PORT OF CANEA. To the Editor of the Nautical Magazine. London, April 26lh, 1836. munication, intended... | |
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