 How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.  The corsair, a tale [in verse.]. - Page 15de George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 114 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Edward Mercer - 1919 - 204 pages
...spoken of as " a conflict of the elements." Byron, for example, says of a ship — " She walks the water like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife." That is to say, she defies the blasts of air, the buffeting of the waters, the danger of wreck on the... | |
 | Frank Gray Griswold - 1927 - 278 pages
...vessel she was when she first sailed in European waters. 167 THE FIRST OCEAN YACHT RACE " HENRIETTA " " SHE WALKS THE WATERS LIKE A THING OF LIFE AND SEEMS TO DARE THE ELEMENTS TO STRIFE " THE FIRST OCEAN YACHT RACE IT IS the custom for people who have passed middle age to decry the present... | |
 | United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio) - 1938 - 964 pages
...the lakes, and to our landlubber eyes she most fully realiies the majestic conception of the poet - "She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife." 752 Abstracts 2112 • 2118 SHIPBUILDING (Cont'd) 2112 - H Jan. 24; adv:2/3 - Notice to The Public.... | |
 | Martin R. Delany - 1971 - 356 pages
...sail- a sail! a promised prize to hope! Her nation-flag-how speaks the telescope? She walks the water like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. -Byron This morning ushered in a day of hope and cheerful promise to the mariner. The sun rose beautifully,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...spurns the How gloriously her gallant course she goes 1 Her white wings flying— never from her foesShe walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to...strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire, the wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? IV. Hoarse o'er her side the rustling cable rings ; The sails... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...the dark. Already doubled is the cape - our bay 90 Receives that prow which proudly spurns the spray. How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white...of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. 95 Who would not brave the battle-fire - the wreck To move the monarch of her peopled deck? IV Hoarse... | |
 | Mary Pruett - 1999 - 168 pages
...to put them to work in combination with some other techniques as we learn to tie finished dry flies. She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. — George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1788-1824, The Corsair Dry- Fly Lessons I hate hackles. I hate wings.... | |
 | T. Prest - 2005 - 276 pages
...sufficient to arouse the crews of all the vessels, and over the taffrail of one in particular, a large-sized She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. merchantman, which had been trading in the Indian seas, two men were leaning. One of them was the captain... | |
 | Stephen Brennan - 2007 - 808 pages
...the dark. Already doubled is the cape - our bay Receives that prow which proudly spurns the spray. How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white...strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire, the wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck? IV Hoarse o'er her side the rustling cable rings; The sails... | |
 | 2007 - 340 pages
...Walk'd the waters like a thing of life: the quotation is from canto I, stanza 3 of Byron's The Corsair: 'She walks the waters like a thing of life, | And seems to dare the elements to strife'. taffrail: 'the aftermost portion of the poop-rail of a ship' (OED). 21 cashiered: 'to dismiss from... | |
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