 A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O...  The North American Review - Page 1341826Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 496 pages
...they refuse to let any one else slip in a word, even edgeways. THE MARINER'S SONG. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And 611s the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys,... | |
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...thirty-eighth year. Propcrtii vita per anno» digerķa. THE MARINER'S SONG. BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. О for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze, And white... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 pages
...beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze, And white... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...can conceive. GENTLEMAN'S MAG. 1793. THE MARINER'S SONG. ... ....., "..'.. : .. .1:.. . ! .. ' - * .' -A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boysrf" While like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****.... | |
 | 1827 - 700 pages
...to be already sufficiently accurate for every purpose of practical astronomy." THE MARINER'S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...tone of her last faint sigh. — And this is man's fidelity ! ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. THE MARINER S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O ! for a soft and gentle wind," I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze,... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1880 - 194 pages
...and with gentle whisper said, " Would that destiny had not united us." EXERCISE CII. (Cunningham). A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys, 5 While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1, 2. While... | |
 | 1836 - 872 pages
...Madeira, with a fine NNE breeze, speeding it gallantly towards the " Trades." We had now our desire : " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast." THE PORT OF CANEA. To the Editor of the Nautical Magazine. London, April 26lh, 1836. munication, intended... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1834 - 320 pages
...Go and get dinner under weigh, you scamp, and leave the gentleman alone. Here's more wind coming. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." " Jacob," said the Domine, " I have heard by the mouth of Rumour, with her hundred tongues, how... | |
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