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... leave the water altogether ? Under went all again , till I resigned myself To only breathe the air , that's footed by an elf , And only swim the water , that's native to a fish . But there is no denying that , ere I curbed my wish , And ...
... leave the water altogether ? Under went all again , till I resigned myself To only breathe the air , that's footed by an elf , And only swim the water , that's native to a fish . But there is no denying that , ere I curbed my wish , And ...
Page 85
... leave the boat till the next free day ( and writers never have much spare time for sailing ) , there was none for many miles . He had hoped to get into a river mouth of his acquaintance before evening : that hope he must now abandon ...
... leave the boat till the next free day ( and writers never have much spare time for sailing ) , there was none for many miles . He had hoped to get into a river mouth of his acquaintance before evening : that hope he must now abandon ...
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... leaves have grown to the length of a crow's footprint , then is the sea fit to sail on . Then you'll have a summer passage ... Leave the greater part at home , and freight your vessels with the lesser part only . For I say again it's a ...
... leaves have grown to the length of a crow's footprint , then is the sea fit to sail on . Then you'll have a summer passage ... Leave the greater part at home , and freight your vessels with the lesser part only . For I say again it's a ...
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A. C. SWINBURNE aboord ALFRED LORD TENNYSON aloft anchor astern beach Bird blowing boat bows breakers broken calm captain clouds coast course crew cried Cruiser danger dark dead deck deep drowned EDMUND SPENSER eyes feet fell fish fleet foam Fu-Kien gale gone H. M. TOMLINSON hand harbour head heart HERMAN MELVILLE HILAIRE BELLOC hour island JOHN KEATS JOHN MASEFIELD JOSHUA SLOCUM knew land light looked Lord mainsail mast master mate Messrs miles Moby Dick moon morning never night oars ocean Odysseus once overboard passed port R. H. DANA rain reef rigging river roar rock rolled round running sail sailors sand seamen seemed ship ship's shippe shore side sight spray storm suddenly swell things thou thought tide took topsail turned unto vessel voyage watch waves weather WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind wreck yards