And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like... The American Whig Review - Page 3511851Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1866 - 234 pages
...had only Luke Jones to comfort her. " And ever the fitful Gusts between A sound came from the land. It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea sand : The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 698 pages
...swept Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool; But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...swept Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks...the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath heb bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck.... | |
 | 1840 - 826 pages
...swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. Tk« breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks...dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks, they... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound eame from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, lint the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. 1 ler rattling shrouds,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound cume from the land; It was tlie sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the...struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft äs carded wool, But the cruel rocks, thoy gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling... | |
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - 1855 - 444 pages
...adding to its sweetness, a verse from Longfellow's "Wreck of the Hesperus," then just published :— " She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her sides Like the horns of an angry bull." Max joined in the conversation with some talk about American... | |
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