 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...stoutest held his breath, While the hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with death. As there we sat in darkness, Each one busy with his prayers,...little daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand: "Isn't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land?" «Then we kissed the little maiden, And we... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1879 - 398 pages
...sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with death. " As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy in his prayers. ' We are lost ! ' the captain shouted...little daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand — ' Isn't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land ? ' "Then we kissed the little maiden,... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 726 pages
...hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talk with death. And thus we sat in darkness. Each one busy in his prayers; " We are lost," the captain shouted,...daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand, "Is not Ood upon the ocean Just the same as on the land ?'' Then we kissed the little maiden, And we spoke... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with Death. As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy in his prayers, " We are lost !" the captain shouted,...daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand, " Is n't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land?" Then we kissed the little maiden, And we spoke... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - History - 1849 - 108 pages
...hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with Death. As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy in his prayers, — " We are lost! " the captain shouted,...daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand, " Is n't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land ?" Then we kissed the little maiden, And we spoke... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American poetry - 1849 - 124 pages
...hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with Death. As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy in his prayers, — " We are lost ! " the captain shouted,...daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand, " Is n't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land ? " Then we kissed the little maiden, And we spoke... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with Death. As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy in his prayers, "We are lost!" the captain shouted, As...daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand, " Is 'nt God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land '?" Then we kissed the little maiden, And we spoke... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with Death. As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy in his prayers, "We are lost!" the captain shouted, As...daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand, " Is 'nt God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land ?" Then we kissed the little maiden, And we spoke... | |
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We are lost!" the captain shouted, As he staggered down the stairs. But his little daughter whispered, As she took his icy hand, "Isn't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land? 
