 | 1872 - 516 pages
...the stormy blast. Up and down, up and down From the base of the wave to the billows' crown. Yet amid the flashing and feathery foam The stormy petrel finds...a place may be For her who lives on the wide, wide sea." And shall we fear ? " 0 ye of little faith, are ye not much better than the fowls ? Even the... | |
 | Francis Allyn Olmsted - Hawaii - 1841 - 390 pages
...dire ipisfortune. The petrel, therefore, was held sacred ^ ." Up and down! Up and down J From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amidst the flashing and feathery foam; home,— ' V';J|||j|-;',' «:: "."•;•-••,. •' v "-"'"•" ; '' : -. :'ice ? in the frozen... | |
 | Francis Allyn Olmsted - Hawaii - 1841 - 400 pages
...therefore, was held sacred in the creed of the prudent voyager. " Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amidst the flashing and leathery foam The Stormy Petrel finds a home,— A home, if such a place may be For her who lives on... | |
 | Birds - 1842 - 294 pages
...hearts like stone, Their natural hard, proud strength disown. Up and down ! up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And, amidst the...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 But the eagle repairs to... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...strength disown. Up and down ! Up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amid the flashing and feathery foam The stormy Petrel finds...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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...proud strength disown. Up and down ! up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billows' crown, Amidst the flashing and feathery foam, The stormy petrel finds a home ; • Is considered by sailors as the forerunner of a tempest. A home, — if such a place can be For... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...hearts like stone Their natural hard, proud strength disown. Up and down ! up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And, amidst the...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... | |
 | Philip Tocque - Newfoundland - 1846 - 418 pages
...Cornwall describes the petrel in the following lines : — "Up and down! up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amidst the...a place may be, 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amid the flashing and feathery foam The stormy Perfel 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 secketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1849 - 808 pages
...rocks, which rise almost perpendicularly from the sea. " Up and down ! Up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amidst the flashing and feathery foum, The Stormy Petrel finds a home — A home, if such a place may be For her who lives on the wide,... | |
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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... 
