 Breakers are round thee ; Let fall the plummet now, Shallows may ground thee. Reef in the foresail there ! Hold the helm fast ! So — let the vessel wear : There swept the blast. " What of the night watchman, What of the night ? " "Cloudy — all quiet;...  Notable shipwrecks, retold by uncle Hardy - Page 126by William Senior - 1881Full view - About this book
 | 1813 - 410 pages
...Reef in the foresail, there! Hold the helm fast! So,—let the vessel wear,— There swept the blast. What of the night, watchman? What of the night? "Cloudy, all quiet,— No land yet,—all's right." Be wakeful, be vigilant,— Danger may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...— There swept the blast. What of the night, watchman ? What of the night? "Cloudy, all quist, — No land yet, — all's right." Be wakeful, be vigilant,...may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. How! gains the leak so fast? Clear out the hold, — Hoist up thy merchandise, Heave out thy gold ;... | |
 | Caroline Anne Southey - 1839 - 256 pages
...the foresail, there ! Hold the helm fast ! So — let the vessel wear — There swept the blast. " What of the night, watchman ? What of the night?"...may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. How ! gains the leak so fast ? Clear out the hold — Hoist up thy merchandise, Heave out thy gold... | |
 | 1839 - 798 pages
...watchman 1 What of the night 1 ' Cloudy— all quiet — No land yet— all's right !' Be watchful, be vigilant ; Danger may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. How! gains the leak so fasti Clear out the hold ; Hoist up thy merchandise, Heave out thy gold. There... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1840 - 658 pages
...There swept the blast. " What of the night, watchman ? What of the night?" " Cloudy— all quietNo land yet— all's right." Be wakeful, be vigilant...may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. How ! gains the leak so fast ? Clean out the hold — Hoist up thy merchandise, Heave out thy gold... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...fore'-sail, there, ! | Hold the helm' fast! \ So, — | let the vessel ware' — | There swept the blas^. | What of the night, watch'man? | What of the night' ? \ 'Cloud'y — | all quiet — | No land' yet — | all 's right,.' | Be wake-fill, | be vig'ilant — | Danger may be , | At an hour when all seemeth... | |
 | 1842 - 512 pages
...blast. CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. " What of the night, watchman? What of the night ?" " Clouily— all quiet — No land yet — all's right." Be wakeful,...may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. How gains the leak so fast ? Clean out the hold — Hoist up thy merchandize, Heave out thy gold ;... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. "What of the night, watchman? What of the night ?" "Cloudy— all quietNo land yet — all's right." Be wakeful, be vigilant;...may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. How gains the leak so fast? Clean out the hold — Hoist up thy merchandize, Heave out thy gold ; —... | |
 | Church missionary society - 162 pages
...What of the night, watchman 1 What of the night I "Cloudy — all quiet — no land yet in sight." Be wakeful, be vigilant, danger may be At an hour when all seems securest to thee. How — gains the leak so fast ? Clear out the hold ; Hoist up thy merchandize... | |
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