 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 pages
...Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave ; Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As...anticipate their grave ! And the sea yawn'd around them like a helL* The military organization of the invading army was beyond all praise: an order emanating... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1858 - 426 pages
...rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the bravc,Thcn some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd round her like a hell. And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suok'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him... | |
 | James Alexander McMullen - 1860 - 170 pages
...sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell ; And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager...die. And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Loader than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder ; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1862 - 804 pages
...other. It is a war for independence on the one side, and for vengeance on the other — the vengeance of "one who grapples with his enemy and strives to strangle him before he dies." The wreaking of this vengeance is the uppermost thought of ninety out of every hundred in the... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 pages
...rose from-sea,-to-sky the wild farewell , Then shriek 'd the timid and stood-still the brave , — Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell , As...sea yawn'd around her like a hell , — And down she suck'd-with-her the whirling wave , Like one who grapples with his enemy And strives to strangle him... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As...eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd aronnd her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...Been their familiar, and now Death was here. * * * * Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell— Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, Like... | |
 | Alexander McAuslane - 1864 - 406 pages
...from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shriek the timid, and stand still the brave ; And some leap overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawns around them like a hell." Everything, everywhere, is now as silent as the grave. Nothing can... | |
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As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell. And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. 
