It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the... Pigeon Cove and Vicinity - Página 88por Henry C. Leonard - 1873 - 193 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Pen and pencil pictures - 1866 - 176 páginas
...But, if you please, some fathoms lower down. --•,. -=The Wreck of the Hesperus. |_ О NG FELLOW. Г was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the lairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 páginas
...noblest thing which perished there Was that young faithful heart. Mrs. Hemans. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. • " But," nothing but (except) ; only. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the... | |
| Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 páginas
...the head that wears a crown. THE WRECK OF THE "HESPERUS." IT was the schooner Hesperus That sail'd the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little...daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn-buds That ope in the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 páginas
...warrior's soul, Skoal! to the Northland! S/coall"* — Thus the tale ended. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken hia little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the lairy-flax, Her cheeks like the... | |
| Penny readings - 1867 - 270 páginas
...completely smash'd The bottle-nose belonging to the judge. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. HW LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry...daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, .Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
| Norman Macleod - 1872 - 608 páginas
...it. We will take, first of all, Mr. Longfellow's little ballad of the "Wreck of the Hesperus": — " It was the schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry sea, And the skipper had brought his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, ' Her cheeks... | |
| Golden gift - 1868 - 168 páginas
...— Abridged from 'Recollections of thc Lakes' 2l THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. [HENRY w. LONGFELLOW.] IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper hath taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Bluc were her eyes as the lairy-flax, Her checks... | |
| Floyd Baker Wilson - 1869 - 208 páginas
...sung, Honor him for their memory, whose bones he goes among ! THE WEEOK OF THE HESPEEU8. HW LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes, as the lairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 páginas
...permission (if Messrs. Moxon & Co.) 25.— THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. HW LONGFELLOW. [See pagu 173.] IT was the schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry...daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
| John Charles Curtis - 1869 - 150 páginas
...thy tender years depart, Keep that white and innocent heart. THE WRECK OP THE HESPERUS. Longfellow. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
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