 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....  Outing and the Wheelman - Page 5821902Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 496 pages
...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 to me the snoring breeze, And white wares heaving high , And white waves heaving high, my boyi, The good ship tight and free — The world... | |
 | 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
...my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. О for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry...; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship tight and free — The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we. 3. There's tempest in... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 pages
...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 - 1826 - 538 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... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****. ii *. ..' i . . . . . . - ..-!... 2. •. !J O for a soft and gentle wind, ' ' I heard a fair one cry; '" r 'But give to me the snoring breeze, And white waves heaving high; And white waves heaving high,... | |
 | 1827 - 700 pages
...England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle wind, 1 heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snorin? 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, *" And merry men are we. There's tempest in... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O ! for a soft and gentle wind," I heard a fair one cry...; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship tight and free, The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we. There's tempest in yon... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 pages
...waves ; and our country lies-hid left on the lee (a Iseva parte). EXERCISE CIII. (same continued). " Oh ! for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair...high : — And white waves heaving high, my boys, 5 The good ship tight and free ; — The world of waters is our home, 1, 2. "Ye gentle zephyrs, breathe... | |
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