 When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's hail, Death without quarter...  Poems - Page 180by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Charles Timothy Brooks - America - 1851 - 110 pages
...launched they to the blart, Bent like a reed eaeh mast, Yet we were gaining fiu-t, When Cie wind i'aiied us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw,...Laugh as he hailed us, " And as to catch the gale Koimd veered the napping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's hail, Death without quarter 1 Mid-ships,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...twenty horsemen. Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's hail, Death without... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came...Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Hound veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's hail, Death without quarter ! Mid-ships... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...Hildebrand, " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast3 Yet we were gaining fast. When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw5 So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us0 '" And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...Hildebrand, 334 " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came...gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman 's hail, Death without quarter ! Mid-ships with iron keel Struck we her ribs of steel Down... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sndden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Langh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 pages
...Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; Aud with a sudden Haw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to cnteh the gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the hehasman's hail, Death without quarter... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, •** Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the rusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 506 pages
...horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the rusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the... | |
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