 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 504 pages
...ice-bound ships, And shook its spears about The snow came down, storm breeding storm. And on the docks was laid ; Till the weary sailor, sick at heart. Sank...black and long, The hissing wind is bleak, The hard, groon ice is strong as death : — I prithee, Captain, speak I The night is neither bright nor short,... | |
 | George Henry Boker - 1852 - 164 pages
...glared upon the ice-bound ships, And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid ; Till the weary sailor,...singing breeze is cold, The ice is not so strong as hope — The heart of man is bold ! Above the ridges the wolf and bear Look down, with a patient, settled... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1852 - 718 pages
...glared upon the ice-bound ship*, And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid ; Till the weary sailor,...short, The singing breeze is cold, The ice is not BO strong as hope — The heart of man is bold ! What hope can scale this icy wall, High over the main... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1852 - 424 pages
...glared upon the ice-bound ships, And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid ; Till the weary sailor,...strong as death : — I prithee, captain, speak. The singing breeze is cold, The ice is not so strong as hope, The night is neither bright nor short, The... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1853 - 274 pages
...glared upon the ice-bound ships, And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid ; Till the weary sailor,...hissing wind is bleak; The hard, green ice is strong aa death :— I prithee, captain, speak. The night is neither bright nor short, The. singing breeze... | |
 | George Henry Boker - 1856 - 472 pages
...glared upon the ice-bound ships, And shook its spears about. * The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid, Till the weary sailor,...long, The hissing wind is bleak, The hard, green ice as strong as death : — I prithee, Captain, speak ! The night is neither bright nor short, The singing... | |
 | George Henry Boker - 1856 - 464 pages
...the night is black and long, The hissing wind is bleak, The hard, green ice as strong as death : — The night is neither bright nor short, The singing breeze is cold, The ice is not so strong as hope — The heart of man is bold ! What hope can scale this icy wall, High over the main flag-staff... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1857 - 1074 pages
...its spears about The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid ; Till the weaiy sailor, sick at heart, Sank down beside his spade....bright nor short, The singing breeze is cold, The ice ia not so strong as hope, The heart of man is bold ! What hope can scale this icy wall, High o'er the... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...glared upon the ice-bound ships, And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid : Till the weary sailor, sick at heart, Sank down beside hia spade. Sir John, the night is black and long, The hissing wind is bleak, The hard, green ice is... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 336 pages
...glared upon the ice-bound ships, And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding s tana, And on the decks was laid; Till the weary sailor, sick at heart, Ss>nk down beside his spade. Sir John, the night is black and long, The hissing wind is bleaks The... | |
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Down sank the baleful crimson sun, The Northern Light came out, And glared upon the ice-bound ships And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid, Till the weary sailor, sick at heart, Sank down beside... 
