 Yet prudence tarried, but when last he went, He drew from pitying love a full consent. Happy he sail'd, and great the care she took, That he should softly sleep, and smartly look; White was his better linen, and his check Was made more trim than any on...  The Borough: A Poem, in Twenty-four Letters - Page 24by George Crabbe - 1810 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1812 - 850 pages
...smartly look; White was his better linen, and his check Was n: <de more trim than any on the deck; And And every comfort Men at Sea can know, Was her's to buy, to make, and to bestow: For he to Greenland sail d, and much she told, How he should guard against the climate's cold . Yet saw not danger : dangrrs... | |
 | 1810 - 702 pages
...• Happy he sail'd; and great the care she took, That he should softly sleep and smartly look; White was his better linen, and his check •' Was made...deck; And every comfort men at sea can know, Was her's tp buy, to make, and to bestow; For he to Greenland sail'd, and much she told, How he should guard... | |
 | 1812 - 822 pages
...Was made more trim than any on th* deck ; < And Arid every comfort Men at Sea can know, Was her'« to buy, to make, and to bestow : For he to Greenland...the climate's cold ; Yet saw not danger : dangers he'd withstood, Nor could she trace the Fever in his blood : His messmates smil'd at flushings in hie... | |
 | Edward Ward - 1812 - 456 pages
...took,. That he should softly sleep, and smartly look f '• White was his better linen, and his checlf Was made more trim than any on the deck; And every comfort men at sea can know-, •_ ' ' Was hers to buy, to make, and to bestow-: '^ For he to Greenland sailed, and much she told>/;... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 pages
...Happy he sail'd, and great the care she took, That he should softly sleep, and smartly look; White was his better linen, and his check Was made more...the deck; And every comfort Men at Sea can know, Was hers to buy, to make, and to bestow: For he to Greenland sail'd, and much she told, How he should guard... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...Happy hesail'd, and great the care she took, That he should softly sleep, and smartly look ; White was his better linen, and his check Was made more...told, How he should guard against the climate's cold , 211 Yet saw not danger; dangers he'd withstood, Nor could she trace the fever in his blood : His... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1820 - 346 pages
...Happy he sail'd, and great the care she took, That he should softly sleep, and smartly look ; White was his better linen, and his check Was made more...deck ; And every comfort Men at Sea can know, Was hers to buy, to make, and to bestow : For he to Greenland sail'd, and much she told, How he should... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1820 - 338 pages
...took, That he should softly sleep, and smartly look ; White was his better linen, and his checkWas made more trim than any on the deck ; ' And every comfort Men at Sea can know, Was hers to buy, to make, and to bestow : For he to Greenland sail'd, and much she told, How he should... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...softly sleep, and smartly look; White was his better linen, and his check Was made mart trim tlian any on the deck; And every comfort Men at Sea can know, Was her' s to buy, to make, and to bestow: For 'he to Greenland sail'd, and much she told, How he should... | |
 | Classical narrator - 1823 - 164 pages
...Happy he sail'd, and great the care she took, That he should softly sleep, and smartly look ; White was his better linen, and his check Was made more...guard against the climate's cold ; Yet saw not danger; danger's he'd withstood, Nor could she trace the fever in his blood; His messmates smil'd at flushings... | |
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