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" 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... "
First (Second) poetry book, selected and arranged by C. Geikie - Page 211
edited by - 1878
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 8

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...W. LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sail'd the wintry sea ; And the skipper had ta'en 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 sweet as the hawthorn buds That ope in the...
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The Evergreen, Volume 1

1840 - 818 pages
...began to be able to leave my bed. WRECK 6F THE HESPERUS. A BALLAD. RT REKB.Y WADSWORTK LONGFELLOW. _» the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the Skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like...
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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...have slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...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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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 pages
...slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. fcTHE WKECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That...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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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 7

1842 - 506 pages
...and yet we must say, we have rarely or never in " these latter days," seen it surpassed in kind : " 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 aa the hawthorn buds, That ope in...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 7

1842 - 512 pages
...latter days," seen it surpassed in kind : " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry son ; 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...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...have slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...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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The Rover, Volume 2

Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...HENBY WADIWOBTS LONOFELLOW. IT was the Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the Skipper had ta'en 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 sweet as the hawthorn buds, That ope in...
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Poems, Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...have slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...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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Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal ! to the Northland ! skoal /" — Thus the tale ended. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...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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