The Seven SeasD. Appleton & Company, 1896 - 209 pages |
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... " MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT ANCHOR SONG THE SEA - WIFE HYMN BEFORE ACTION TO THE TRUE ROMANCE THE FLOWERS THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS 46 48 54 57 71 · 74 80 • · 83 87 90 · 93 · 96 100 • 104 THE STORY OF UNG . THE THREE - DECKER AN iii.
... " MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT ANCHOR SONG THE SEA - WIFE HYMN BEFORE ACTION TO THE TRUE ROMANCE THE FLOWERS THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS 46 48 54 57 71 · 74 80 • · 83 87 90 · 93 · 96 100 • 104 THE STORY OF UNG . THE THREE - DECKER AN iii.
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... romance at sea ? " Damned ijjit ! I'd been doon that morn to see what ailed the throws , Manholin ' , on my back - the cranks three inches from my nose . Romance ! Those first - class passengers they like it very well , Printed an ...
... romance at sea ? " Damned ijjit ! I'd been doon that morn to see what ailed the throws , Manholin ' , on my back - the cranks three inches from my nose . Romance ! Those first - class passengers they like it very well , Printed an ...
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... it fell And made the better haste of it . Afar , I hailed the land at night— The towers 46 MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT ANCHOR SONG THE SEA-WIFE HYMN BEFORE ACTION TO THE TRUE ROMANCE THE FLOWERS THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS.
... it fell And made the better haste of it . Afar , I hailed the land at night— The towers 46 MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT ANCHOR SONG THE SEA-WIFE HYMN BEFORE ACTION TO THE TRUE ROMANCE THE FLOWERS THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS.
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... the Orkneys to the Horn , All round the world ( and a little loop to pull it by ) , All round the world ( and a little strap to buckle it ) , A health to the Native - born ! THE KING . " FAREWELL , Romance ! " the The Native - born . 53.
... the Orkneys to the Horn , All round the world ( and a little loop to pull it by ) , All round the world ( and a little strap to buckle it ) , A health to the Native - born ! THE KING . " FAREWELL , Romance ! " the The Native - born . 53.
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... Romance ! " " Farewell , Romance ! " the Lake - folk sighed ; " We lift the weight of flatling years ; The caverns of the mountain side Hold him who scorns our hutted piers . Lost hills whereby we dare not dwell , Guard ye his rest ...
... Romance ! " " Farewell , Romance ! " the Lake - folk sighed ; " We lift the weight of flatling years ; The caverns of the mountain side Hold him who scorns our hutted piers . Lost hills whereby we dare not dwell , Guard ye his rest ...
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Page 209 - And only the Master shall praise us. and only the Master shall blame: And no one shall work for money. and no one shall work for fame. But each for the joy of the working. and each. in his separate star. Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are!
Page 6 - We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the manstifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down. Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need. Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
Page 17 - Go to your work and be strong, halting not in your ways, Balking the end half-won for an instant dole of praise. Stand to your work and be wise — certain of sword and pen, Who are neither children nor Gods, but men in a world of men...
Page 2 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Page 25 - stablished its borders unto all eternity, That such as have no pleasure For to praise the Lord by measure, They may enter into galleons and serve Him on the sea. Sun, Wind, and Cloud shall fail not from the face of it, Stinging, ringing spindrift, nor the fulmar flying free; And the ships shall go abroad To the Glory of the Lord Who heard the silly sailor-folk and gave them back their sea!
Page 174 - What did the Colonel's Lady think? Nobody never knew. Somebody asked the Sergeant's wife, An' she told 'em true! When you get to a man in the case, They're like as a row of pins — For the Colonel's Lady an' Judy O'Grady Are sisters under their skins!
Page 3 - neath us by the swinging, smoking seas. From reef and rock and skerry — over headland, ness, and voe — The Coastwise Lights of England watch the ships of England go!
Page 172 - Oogli, Shy as a girl to begin; Aggie de Castrer she made me, An' Aggie was clever as sin; Older than me, but my first un— More like a mother she were— Showed me the way to promotion an' pay, An' I learned about women from 'er!
Page 44 - Mornin' Stars for joy that they are made; While, out o' touch o' vanity, the sweatin' thrust-block says: "Not unto us the praise, or man — not unto us the praise!" Now, a' together, hear them lift their lesson — theirs an' mine: "Law, Orrder, Duty an' Restraint, Obedience, Discipline!" Mill, forge an' try-pit taught them that when roarin' they arose, An' whiles I wonder if a soul was gied them wi