 | 1838 - 448 Seiten
...prancing and kicking to get loose, you have something yet to suffer. " Amid the pitiless storm were we Tossing about on the roaring sea ; From billow...billow cast, Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast." Well ! we got safe to land, and therefore, I need not now " sing of the dangers of the sea." Paris... | |
 | Charles Thorold Wood - 1835 - 266 Seiten
...climbing the stem of the asphodel, Or the tall campanula's snowy bell. There are yet other scenes. Even if A thousand miles from land are we, Tossing about on the roaring sea, we shall still be accompanied by the feathered race. The STORMY PETREL ( Thalassidroma pelagica) shoots... | |
 | Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - 1837 - 300 Seiten
...kicking to get loose, you have something yet to see, and to suffer. " Amid the pitiless storm were we Tossing about on the roaring sea ; From billow...billow cast, Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast." Well ! we got safe to land, and therefore, I need not now " sing the dangers of the sea." Paris we... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 Seiten
...love thee still, thou glorious sea ! THE STORMY PETREL.- • • A thousand miles from tend or tree, Tossing about on the roaring sea ; From billow to...billow cast. Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast, When sails are scattered abroad, like weeds, And strong masts shake, like quivering reeds. The mighty... | |
 | Author of Charlie's discoveries - 1841 - 242 Seiten
...and taking her up in his arms, he pointed to the birds which still hovered near them, and said, G " ' A thousand miles from land are we, Tossing about on...; From billow to bounding billow cast, Like fleecy clouds on the stormy blast ; The sails are scattered abroad like weeds, The strong masts shake, like... | |
 | 1872 - 516 Seiten
...stormy petrel — harbinger of the tempest — enjoys His protecting love. As Barry Cornwall sings — " A thousand miles from land are we Tossing about on the roaring sea. Prom billow to bounding billow cast Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast. Up and down, up and down... | |
 | 1842 - 294 Seiten
...bird, and soothe my care, Thy tuneful notes will hush despair. THE STORMY PETREL. 3Sarrji Convtoall. A THOUSAND miles from land are we, Tossing about on...Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast : The sails are scatter'd abroad, like weeds, The strong masts shake, like quivering reeds, The mighty cables, and... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...glorious must the mansion be Where Thy redeem'd shall dwell with Thee ! HEBER. THE STORMY PETREL.* A THOUSAND miles from land are we, Tossing about on...Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast : The sails are scatter'd about like weeds, The strong masts shake like quivering reeds ; The mighty cables and iron... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...And bid him soothe our souls to-night, .__. And heal our gentle child ! THE STORMY PETREL. A TROUSAND miles from land are we, Tossing about on the roaring...Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast ; The sails are scattcr'd abroad, like weeds, The strong masts shake like quivering reeds, The mighty cables, and iron... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 Seiten
...hills, in the blue distance, rise The mighty columns with which earth props heaven. BRIANT. FAR AT SEA. A THOUSAND miles from land are we, Tossing about on...Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast : The sails are scatter'd abroad, like weeds, The strong masts shake, like quivering reeds, The mighty cables, and... | |
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A THOUSAND miles from land are we, Tossing about on the roaring sea ; From billow to bounding billow cast, Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast : The sails are scattered abroad, like weeds, The strong masts shake, like quivering reeds, The mighty cables,... 
