 A song of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly she rocked to her port remote, And the foam was white in her wake like snow, And her frail mast bowed when the breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow.  Songs of Seven - Page 24by Jean Ingelow - 1866 - 29 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1862 - 1006 pages
...that we and our readers may listen to the following stanzas : — LONGING FOR HOME. I. A song of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. II. I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat AVent curtseying over the billow, I marked her course till,... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1863 - 274 pages
...to nurse, to rear, To love — and then to lose. SEVEN TIMES SEVEN. LONGING FOR HOME. I A song of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. ii I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat Went curtseying over the billow, I marked her course till... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1863 - 554 pages
...bear, to nurse, to rear, To love — and then to lose. SEVEN TIMES SEVEN. LONGING FOR HOME. A song of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. ii. .• I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat Went curtseying over the billow, I marked her course... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1863 - 344 pages
...to nurse, to rear, To love — and then to lose. SEVEN TIMES SEVEN. LONGING FOR HOME. I A SONG of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. II I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat Went curtseying over the billow, I marked her course till... | |
 | 1864 - 568 pages
...flattering a review in the November (1863) number of the Teacher. MJ v. LONGING FOR HOME. A SONG of ft boat : — There was once a boat on a billow: Lightly...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. I shaded my eyes one day when a boat Went courtcsying over the billow: I marked her course till, a... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 562 pages
...to nurse, to rear, To love— and then to lose. SEVEN TIMES SEVEN.— LONGING FOR HOME. A SONG of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat Went courtesying over the billow, I marked her course till,... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 pages
...above The rustle of the eternal rain of Love. Matthew Arnold A CLX LOA'GfA'G FOR HOME SOXGofaboat: — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly she rocked...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. I shaded mine eves one day when a boat Went curtseying over the billow ; I marked her course till,... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 pages
...CLX LONGING FOR HOME A song of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly she rock'd to her port remote, And the foam was white in her wake like snow, And her frail mast bow'd when the breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. I shaded mine eyes one day when a... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...in the bosom of our rest— God's knowledge, and are blest! JH NEWMAN. LONGING FOR HOME. A SONG of a boat :— There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly...breeze would blow. And bent like a wand of willow. I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat Went curtseying over the billow, I marked her course till, a... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1866 - 274 pages
...nurse, to rear, To love • — and then to lose. SEVEN TIMES SEVEN. LONGING FOR HOME. A SONG of a boat : — There was once a boat on a billow : Lightly...breeze would blow, And bent like a wand of willow. ii. I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat Went courtesy ing over the billow, I marked her course till... | |
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