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" 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 134
1826
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The modern Scottish minstrel; or, The songs of Scotland of the ..., Volume 3

Charles Rogers - 1856 - 336 pages
...wicked low i' the dust, And wauken, in bliss, the gude man's e'e ! '' A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! I hear a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And...
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Poetry: selected for the use of schools and families by A. Bowman

Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...mountain mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. BYRON. THE SONG OF THE MARINER. 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...
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Englische Dichter: Eine Auswahl englischer Dichtungen mit deutscher Uebersetzung

1856 - 754 pages
...1 think the wedded wife of mine The best of all that's not divine ! A wet Sheet and a flowing Sea. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, — (iunningb. am. ID* irenn mi* JBort unb Sitb etb,tbt, $u bifl e«, ttic biin fvti.tt unb tcbt; 2Benn,...
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Biographical and Critical Miscellanies

William Hickling Prescott - 1857 - 758 pages
...own. The more ancient, after the fashion of Burns and Ramsay, he has varnished over with a colouring of diction that gives greater lustre to their faded...boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flics, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0 for -a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry...
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The Intermediate Standard Speaker: Containing Pieces for Declamation in ...

Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 pages
...unheeded, dumb ; But Vengeance is behind, and Justice is to come ! CAMPBELL. XI.— 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,...
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Songs of England. The book of English songs, ed. by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...he comes to me, Shall come on the wide unbounded sea ! A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A ii « \ CU A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. Oh, for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1808

Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 436 pages
...I think this wedded life of mine The best of all things not divine. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England ou the lee. " Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 pages
...think this wedded life of mine The best of all things not divine. X A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...gallant mast, my boys. While, like the eagle free, 206 Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " Oh for a soft and gentle wind !...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...I think this wedded wife of mine The best of all things not divine. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And hends the gallant mast, my hoys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flics, and leaves Old...
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Biographical and Critical Miscellanies

William Hickling Prescott - 1858 - 754 pages
...own. The more ancient, after the fashion of Burns and Ramsay, he has varnished over with a colouring of diction that gives greater lustre to their faded...the gallant mast ! And bends the gallant mast, my hoys. While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. " 0...
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