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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... "
Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay ... - Page 26
by Henry Moses - 1750 - 300 pages
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A book of favourite modern ballads [ed. by J.C.].

Book - Ballads, English - 1865 - 308 pages
...proud strength disown. Up and down ! up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billow's erown, And amidst the flashing and feathery foam, The Stormy Petrel finds a home, — A home, if sueh a plaee may be, For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the eraggy iee, in the frozen air,...
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The Juvenile Verse and Picture Book

Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 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...a place may be For her who lives on the wide, wide sea — i I On the craggy ice, in the frozen air ; And only seeketh her rocky lair To warn her young,...
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Class-book of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - 1866 - 194 pages
...base of the wave to the billow's crown ; And 'midst 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...
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Translations of English poetry into Latin verse: designed as part of a new ...

Francis William Newman - English poetry - 1868 - 236 pages
...vireis Suas corda renunciant, | videvicta, superbas. '2. Up and down ! up and down ! Prom 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 seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young and to...
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Chats by the sea, by Marianne Farningham, Volume 173

Mary Anne Hearne - 1868 - 120 pages
...bounding billow cast, Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast, — 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.' " " Did you ever hear of a bird called the booby ? " " Is it found in England, uncle ? " " No...
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The Mysteries of the Ocean

Arthur Mangin - Marine animals - 1868 - 480 pages
...petrel with Barry Cornwall's chant in her honour : — * " Up and down ! up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amidst the...stormy petrel finds a home ; A home, if such a place there be For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeking...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Volumes 15-16

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...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 to...
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Class-book of English Poetry from Chaucer to Tennyson

Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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...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...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 15

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 276 pages
...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 to...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...like stone Their natural, hard, proud strength disown. Up and down ! — up and down ! From the base upt sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to...
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