Ocean lays; or, The sea, the ship, and the sailor, poems, chiefly selected by J. Longmuir, Volume 1131864 |
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... breeze , or gale , or storm , Icing the pole , or in the torrid clime Dark - heaving ; -boundless , endless , and su- blime- The image of Eternity - the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ...
... breeze , or gale , or storm , Icing the pole , or in the torrid clime Dark - heaving ; -boundless , endless , and su- blime- The image of Eternity - the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ...
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... breeze That bears them with the riches of the land And treasures of dear lives , till in the port The shouting seaman climbs and furls the sail . But who shall bide thy tempest ? who shall face The blast that wakes the fury of the Sea ...
... breeze That bears them with the riches of the land And treasures of dear lives , till in the port The shouting seaman climbs and furls the sail . But who shall bide thy tempest ? who shall face The blast that wakes the fury of the Sea ...
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... breeze . That ship has been the victim ; Stranded on yon bleak coast , She has lost her mast , her winged sails , And her deck its warlike boast . O'er her bravest sweep the waters , And a pale and ghastly band Cling to the black rock's ...
... breeze . That ship has been the victim ; Stranded on yon bleak coast , She has lost her mast , her winged sails , And her deck its warlike boast . O'er her bravest sweep the waters , And a pale and ghastly band Cling to the black rock's ...
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... breeze In the centre of the loneliest seas Should ever sport and play . The mighty moon she sits above , Encircled with a zone of love , A zone of dim and tender light , That makes her wakeful eye more bright : She seems to shine with a ...
... breeze In the centre of the loneliest seas Should ever sport and play . The mighty moon she sits above , Encircled with a zone of love , A zone of dim and tender light , That makes her wakeful eye more bright : She seems to shine with a ...
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... breeze , the sails dropped down , ' Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea . All in a hot and copper sky , The bloody sun at noon Right up above the mast did stand , No bigger than the moon ...
... breeze , the sails dropped down , ' Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea . All in a hot and copper sky , The bloody sun at noon Right up above the mast did stand , No bigger than the moon ...
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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.