 How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.  The corsair, a tale [in verse.]. - Page 15by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Carleton - 1855 - 528 pages
...from that mine of poetic imagination, the mind of Byron, describes the vessel's course by saying — " She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to drive the elements to strife," though it could be still quoted as even more applicable where steam... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...adieu to my friends, (at Baltimore,) as we stepped on board a Norfolk steamer. " She walks the water like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife." Soon we were leaving the city, with her Eroud monuments, her towers and spires, ouses and shipping... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...the dark. Already doubled is the cape — our bay Receives that prow which proudly spurns the spray. don Byron Byron( I \ And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire — the wreck —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 362 pages
...old Grecian to evaporate in the process. We would compare the original to a gallant vessel, that " Walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife ;" Cowper's translation, to the same vessel, just about to depart from port, with all her rigging perfect... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...bay Receives that prow which proudly spurns the spray. How gloriously her gallant course she goe» ! Her white wings flying — never from her foes —...Who would not brave the battle-fire — the wreck — To move the monarch of her peopled deck 1 IV. Hoarse o'er her side the rustling cable rings ; The... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pages
...Receives that prow which proudly spurns the spray. How gloriously her gallant course she goes ! f {er white wings flying — never from her foes — She...strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire — the wrevR — To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? IV. Hoarse o'er her side the rustling cable rings... | |
 | 1844 - 276 pages
...seaman than a heavy gale of wind. (Signed) NEPTUNE. Witness, AWPHITRITE, her ¡xj mark. CHAPTER I. . She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems...dare the elements to strife : Who would not brave the battle and the wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? COBS4IR. THE sun had just streaked... | |
 | 1844 - 402 pages
...nearer, she breasts the storm and current, flinging the white-caps from her prow as she approaches : " She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife !" Nearer and nearer, she urges her foaming way — she is around the point — she is abreast the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 pages
...disappearance of the poetry, hitherto associated with the navy, and may perhaps be reminded of Byron's lines : ''She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. AVho wou'd not brave the battle-fire— the wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck ?" and then... | |
 | 1845 - 532 pages
...nearer, she breasts the storm and current, flinging the white-caps from her prow as she approaches : " She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife !" Nearer and nearer, she urges her foaming way — she is around the point — she is abreast the... | |
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