 | Great Britain - 1831 - 502 pages
...For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, iu the frozen air, And only seekoth her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spring...o'er the waves on their stormy wing. O'er the deep ! Where the whale, and the shark, and the swordfish sleep, OiUflying the blast and the driving rain,... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...For her who lives on the wide wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only neeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spring...Outflying the blast and the driving rain, The Petrel lellelh her tale — in vain; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Who bringcth him news of the... | |
 | Bryan Waller Procter - 1832 - 270 pages
...For her who lives on the wide wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spring...sword-fish sleep, Outflying the blast and the driving rain, 'Die Petrel tellcth her talc — in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Who bringeth him... | |
 | Charles Thorold Wood - Ornithology - 1835 - 266 pages
...For her who lives on the wide wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing ! Thus wherever the Ornithologist goes, he has still his favourite objects before him — whether in... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and teach them to spring, At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing....Where the whale, and the shark, and the sword-fish deep, Out-flying the blast and the driving rain. The Petrel telleth her tale— in vain ; For the mariner... | |
 | Francis Allyn Olmsted - Hawaii - 1841 - 400 pages
...wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and teach them spring At once o'er the waves on their...the deep! Where the whale, and the shark, and the sword fish sleep, Outflying the blast and the driving rain, The Petrel telleth her tale in vain ; for... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 654 pages
...For her who lives on the wide wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing I O'er the Deep ! O'er the Deep ! Where the whale, and the shark, and the sword-fish sleep, Outflying... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...For her who lives on the wide wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spring...their stormy wing ! O'er the deep ! O'er the deep ! ffish deep, Where the whale, and the shark, and the zwordOutflying the blast and the driving rain,... | |
 | 1845 - 518 pages
...srti, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and teach them spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing." B. CUBXWALL. CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. It breeds in tlie noribern and western isles of Scotland and... | |
 | Philip Tocque - Newfoundland - 1846 - 418 pages
...For her who lives on the wide wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only secketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them spring...the whale and the shark, and the sword-fish sleep, Ontflying the blast 'and the driving rain, The Petrel telleth her tale— in vain; For the mariner... | |
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And amidst the flashing and feathery foam The Stormy Petrel finds a home : A home, if such a place may be For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young and to teach them... 
