 Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea!" "O father! I see a gleaming light, O say, what may it be?" But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the...  A Book of English Verse on Infancy and Childhood - Page 154by Leonard Southerden Wood - 1921 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...maiden clasp'd her liands,and pray'd That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the lake of Galilee. And fast through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It... | |
 | 1840 - 818 pages
...stiff1 and stark, With his face to the skies, The lantern gleam'd through the gleaming snow On his fix'd and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands...saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stdll'd the wave On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 688 pages
...maiden clasp'd her bands,and pray'd That save'd she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Througli thewhistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Toward the reef of Norman's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It... | |
 | 1842 - 506 pages
...in its strength ; She shuddered and pawed, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe." It would merely be doing justice to our author, to quote more extensively... | |
 | 1842 - 512 pages
...in its strength ; She shuddered and pawed, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Lake o sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe." It would merely be doing... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all still" and stark, With his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...maiden clasped her hands and pmyed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land ; It... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...? " But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming...might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the waves, On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling... | |
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