Ocean lays; or, The sea, the ship, and the sailor, poems, chiefly selected by J. Longmuir, Volume 1131864 |
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... , hope , Then weakness , grief , disease . Oh , glory of the morning ! Oh , ye gifted , young , and brave ! What end have ye but midnight ? What find ye but the grave ? L. E. L. SUNSET AT SEA . 27 SUNSET AT SEA . How 26 OCEAN LAYS . E L ,
... , hope , Then weakness , grief , disease . Oh , glory of the morning ! Oh , ye gifted , young , and brave ! What end have ye but midnight ? What find ye but the grave ? L. E. L. SUNSET AT SEA . 27 SUNSET AT SEA . How 26 OCEAN LAYS . E L ,
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... brave Those abysses richly pave : If beneath the briny deep We with them should coldly sleep , Saviour ! o'er the ' whelming sea Take our ransomed souls to Thee . MRS SIGOURNEY . THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SEA . 33 THE VARIOUS 32 OCEAN ...
... brave Those abysses richly pave : If beneath the briny deep We with them should coldly sleep , Saviour ! o'er the ' whelming sea Take our ransomed souls to Thee . MRS SIGOURNEY . THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SEA . 33 THE VARIOUS 32 OCEAN ...
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... brave and fair were dying , Wave ! didst mark a white hand clasp In thy folds , as thou wert flying ? Hast thou seen the hallowed rock Where the pride of kings reposes , Crowned with many a misty lock , 61 Wreathed with sapphire , green ...
... brave and fair were dying , Wave ! didst mark a white hand clasp In thy folds , as thou wert flying ? Hast thou seen the hallowed rock Where the pride of kings reposes , Crowned with many a misty lock , 61 Wreathed with sapphire , green ...
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... And the youthful and the brave , With their beauty and renown , To the hollow chambers of the wave In darkness have gone down . THE VOICE OF THE WAVES . " They are vanished 64 OCEAN LAYS . The Voice of the Waves, Mrs Hemans,
... And the youthful and the brave , With their beauty and renown , To the hollow chambers of the wave In darkness have gone down . THE VOICE OF THE WAVES . " They are vanished 64 OCEAN LAYS . The Voice of the Waves, Mrs Hemans,
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... brave , Beats not the curlew in its pride , Which mounts the stormiest wave . The Sea ! the Sea ! the moonlit Sea ! How calm its slumbering tides ! A weather - shore upon her lee , The bark in safety glides . The steersman keeps his ...
... brave , Beats not the curlew in its pride , Which mounts the stormiest wave . The Sea ! the Sea ! the moonlit Sea ! How calm its slumbering tides ! A weather - shore upon her lee , The bark in safety glides . The steersman keeps his ...
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Page xxiii - Dark-heaving ; — boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 30 - Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot; O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea!
Page 106 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 177 - Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.
Page 146 - How beautiful she is] How fair She lies within those arms, that press Her form with many a soft caress Of tenderness and watchful care!
Page 116 - Down sunk the bell with a gurgling sound, The bubbles rose and burst around ; Quoth Sir Ralph, "The next who comes to the Rock Won't bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
Page 70 - As we pac'd along Upon tHe giddy footing of the hatches, Methought, that Gloster stumbled; and, in falling, Struck me, that thought to stay him, over-board, Into the tumbling billows of the main.
Page 117 - On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising Moon.
Page 145 - The ocean old, Centuries old, Strong as youth, and as uncontrolled, Paces restless to and fro, Up and down the sands of gold. His beating heart is not at rest; And far and wide, With ceaseless flow, His beard of snow Heaves with the heaving of his breast.