| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 páginas
...crews; — She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then...dreadful yell, 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 páginas
...down head foremost — sunk, in short.2 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,3 As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 páginas
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell! Then...dreadful yell, 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... | |
| John Carr Badeley - 1851 - 68 páginas
...eternal punishment they dread ! It reminds us of the desperation pourtrayed by Byron in a shipwreck. " Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, And some leap'd overboard with furious yell, As eager to anticipate their grave I" Some seek it simply... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 páginas
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost— sunk, in short. Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; A'nd the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 páginas
...o'er ; And he, and his eight hundred, shall plough the waves no more. COWPER. SHIP SINKING AT SEA. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell,— Then...dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 páginas
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. 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... | |
| Dangers - 1854 - 446 páginas
...which appeared inevitable. The scene of horror that now presented itself, baffles all description — "Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the braye." The upper deck was covered with between six and seven hundred human persons, many of whom,... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 páginas
...eave, With just enough of life to feel its pain, And deem that it wat oav'd, perhaps in vain. Byron. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then...some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to antieipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suek'd with her the... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 páginas
...eave, Wsth just enough of life to feel its pain, And deem that it was sav'd, perhaps in vain. Byron. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the bra те, Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to antieipate their grave ; And the... | |
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