| Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 páginas
...no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe And a scornful laugh laughed he. x » Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the North-East...The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows froth'd like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered... | |
| Benjamin D. Hill - 1881 - 182 páginas
...his voyage was probably on this reef. Longfellow in his " Wreck of the Hesperus," tells how, while "The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast," the skipper, who had " taken his little daughter to bear him company," " Wrapped her warm In his seaman's... | |
| 1918 - 362 páginas
...And to-night no moon we see!" The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laugh'd he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the...storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; She shudder'd and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leap'd her cable's length. "Come hither! come hither!... | |
| Amos Markham Kellogg - 1918 - 148 páginas
...voice; Methinks I hear an answer in your echoes Welcoming your old tenant. ist girl. (Interrupting.) Come hither, come hither, my little daughter, And do not tremble so, For zd girl. (Immediately:) It's only the tiniest stream, With nothing whatever to do, But to creep from... | |
| 1919 - 966 páginas
...no moon we see ! ' The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. 20 nd 2 5 The vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's... | |
| Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 páginas
...moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder...wind, A gale from the northeast, The snow fell hissing m the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in... | |
| Gilbert Parker - 1919 - 312 páginas
...the making of a perfect salad is the proud achievement of a mastermind." He laughed like a boy. " ' Come hither, come hither, my little daughter, and do not tremble so,' " he said so cheerfully as to be almost jeering. His cheerfulness was not in vain, for a smile stole... | |
| Agnes Repplier - 1920 - 264 páginas
...moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder...hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble so j For I can weather the roughest gale That ever wind did blow." He wrapped her warm in his seaman 'a... | |
| Arthur Mee - 1910 - 690 páginas
...moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see 1 " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe. And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder...strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted s'.eed. Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither I come hither ! my little daughter. And do not... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1920 - 270 páginas
...to-night no moon we see!" The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. 6. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast;...in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. 7. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused, like... | |
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