 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...With his pipe in his mouth, And watched how the veering flaw did hlow, The smoke now west, now south, Then up and spake an old sailor, Had sailed the Spanish main, T pray thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. " Last night the moon had a golden ring,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...His pipe was in his mouth, And watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now "West, now South. Then up and spake an old sailor, Had sailed the Spanish...For I fear a hurricane. " Last night the moon had a goldon ring, And to-night no moon we see !" The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South. Then up and spake an old Sailor, Had sailed the Spanish...For I fear a hurricane. " Last night, the moon had u golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful... | |
 | Henry Augustus Wise - 1857 - 374 pages
...we were once more rolling off in the gulf of Lyons. Chapter XXX. Then up and spake an old .jailor, Had sailed the Spanish Main, " I pray thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane." Ha If-se as Under. SKIKTING along the bold coasts back to Sardinia, we turned to Minorca, where we... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now west, now south. Then up and spake an aged man, Who sailed the Spanish main, " I pray thee put into yonder...laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from dark north-east ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South. Then up and spake an old sailor. Had sailed the Spanish...thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. 1 In Scandanavia this is the customary salutation when drinking a her I have slightly changed the orthography... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1890 - 564 pages
...(Kingsley, p. 103.) Longfellow thought it was water when he wrote, in the " Wreck of the Hesperus," — " Then up and spake an old sailor Had sailed the Spanish Main." But (perhaps after Wheeler quoted him as in error) he altered it to "Had sailed to the Spanish Main."... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South. Then up and spake au old Sailor, H1id sailed the Spanish Main, " I pray thee, put into yonder...The skipper, he blew a whifF from his pipe, And a seornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the North-cast ; The snow fell... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South. Then up and spake an old Sailor, Had sailed the Spanish...thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. 4 ID Scandinavia this is the customary salutation when drinking • health. I have slightly changed... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...the veering flaw did blow The smoke now west, now south. Then up and spake an old sailor, Had sail'd the Spanish Main, ' I pray thee put into yonder port, For I fear the hurricane. ' Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! ' The skipper... | |
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Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see!" The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. 
