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| American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...there's a way! Oaly let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this Formidable clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them, most and...nothing but my life, — here's my head! " cries Herve Riel. 1. Not a minute more to wait. " Steer us in, then, small and great! Take the helm, lead the line,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1871 - 820 pages
..." Only let me lead the line, " Have the biggest ship to steer, " Get this Formidable clear, " Make the others follow mine, " And I lead them, most and...by a passage I know well, " Right to Solidor past Gr6ve, " And there lay them safe and sound ; " And if one ship misbehave, " — Keel so much as grate... | |
| Robert Browning - American poetry - 1872 - 310 pages
...way ! Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this ' Formidable ' clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them, most and...I've nothing but my life : here's my head ! " cries nerve" Riel. Not a minute more to wait. " Steer us in, then, small and great I Take the helm, lead... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...VII. "Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this 'Formidable' clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them most and least...misbehave — Keel so much as grate the ground — Why, I 've nothing hut my life ; here 's my head ! " cries Herv£ Riel. VIII. Not a minute more to wait!... | |
| Robert Browning - American poetry - 1872 - 292 pages
...way ! Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer? Get this ( Formidable ' clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them, most and...them safe and sound ; And, if one ship misbehave, — Not a minute more to wait. " Steer us in, then, small and great ! Take the helm, lead the line,... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...believe me there 'a a way ! VII. "Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Eight to Solidor, past Greve, And there lay them safe and...Why, I've nothing but my life; here's my head!" cries Heiv<5 Riel. VIII. Not a minute more to wait!^ " Steer us in, then, small and great ! Take the helm,... | |
| Readers - 1884 - 794 pages
...a way 1 Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this Formidable clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them most and least by a passage I know well, Eight to Solidor, past Greve, 5 nd there lay them safe and sound; And if one ship misbehave, — •... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1873 - 348 pages
...Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this Formidable clear, Make the others follow mine, • And I'll lead them most and least by a passage I know well, Right to Solidor, piist Greve, And there lay them safe and sound ; And if one ship misbehave — Keel so much as grate... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1903 - 600 pages
...and sailor! " Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Make the others follow mine, And if one ship misbehave, — Keel so much as grate the ground, Why, I 've nothing but my life, — here 's my head ! " cries Herve Riel. Then read on how . . . the big... | |
| Martha Le Baron Goddard - Sea poetry - 1874 - 248 pages
...way ! Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this ' Formidable ' clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them, most and least, by a passage I know well, HERVE RIEL. 51 Right to Solidor past Greve, And there lay them safe and sound ; And, if one ship misbehave,... | |
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