 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 Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern - Page 689edited by - 1878 - 760 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1823 - 496 pages
...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...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leave* Old England on the lee. t. O for a soft and gentle wind ! 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 558 pages
...my boys, While, like the eagle, free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze, And white waves heaving high ; And white waves heaving high, my lads, The good ship... | |
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. I. 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...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 white... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. 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...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 - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like 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 waves heaving high : The white waves heaving high, my lads, The good ship... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1826 - 538 pages
...our readers. 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...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze, And... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...' - * .' -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 boysrf" While like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****.... | |
 | Military art and science - 1827 - 702 pages
...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 ! While like an eagle free, Awav the good snip flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...MARINER S SONG. 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...me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high ; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship tight and free, The world of waters is our home,... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1880 - 194 pages
...(Cunningham). 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, 5 While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1, 2. While... | |
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