 The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage he saw it fade and sink ; And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns...  The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch - Page 254by George Brackenbury - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 80 pages
...it fade and sink; And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on forevcrmore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light ! It sees the ocean to its... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1894 - 748 pages
...fade and sink ; And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on forevermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light ! It sees the ocean to its... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 614 pages
...it fade and sink; And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on forevermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light! It sees the ocean to its... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 356 pages
...fade and sink , And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it riso again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on forevcrmore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light ! It sees the ocean to its... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 320 pages
...fade and sink , And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Bums on forevermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light ! It sees the ocean... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 744 pages
...fade and sink ; And when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Boms on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light ! It sees the ocean... | |
 | John Richard Blakiston - 1884 - 256 pages
...splendid example of human skill. 8. Of the lighthouse, Longfellow, the American poet, sings : — " Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after...quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light ! ' The startled waves leap over it ; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 pages
...fade and sink: 4nd when, returning from adventures wild, He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink. 9. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after...quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light! 10. The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1884 - 732 pages
...Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on forevermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable...bosom clasp The rocks and sea-sand with the kiss of pence ; It sees the wild winds lift it in their grasp, And hold it up, and shake it like a fleece.... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 200 pages
...billowy swells, And ever joyful, as they see it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells. Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after...quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light. The startled waves leap over it ; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily... | |
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