 Often our midnight shout Set the cocks crowing, As we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale, Draining the oaken pail Filled to o'erflowing. "Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender; And as the...  Ballads Old & New... - Page 61by Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1906Full view - About this book
 | United States - 1842 - 650 pages
...suffered. " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor." Upon one blue-eyed maiden in particular, the tale has its usual effect; admiration and pity... | |
 | 1842 - 606 pages
...o'erflowing. Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine,...Under its loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted. Bright in her father's hall Shields gleamed upon... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 498 pages
...in this fine poem shows the poet. The pirate life, came next, and wassail, and then the wooing/ — I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid,...Under its loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted. He told his tale of love, and the story of his life... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 600 pages
...o'erflowing. Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine,...heart of mine Fell their soft splendour. I wooed the blue- eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...: " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor." 20 VOL. i.-*-?(Oi 2. At length the lovers elope, and venture their fortunes at sea, in a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 144 pages
...o'erflowing. " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor. ': I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 620 pages
...suffered. " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On thai dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor." Upon one blue-eyed maiden in particular, the tale... | |
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...o'erflowing. " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor. ': I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows... | |
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