 | James Beattie - 1854 - 332 pages
...thee aloft, my gallant friend !" he cries; " Thy only succour on the mast relies." The helm, bereft of half its vital force, Now scarce subdued the wild...came, The ship's tempestuous sallies to reclaim : The yessel, while the dread event draws nigh, eeo Seems more impatient o'er the waves to fly; Fate spurs... | |
 | William Falconer, John Mitford - 1854 - 282 pages
...vidimus astra." After this allusion, the second edition inserts the following lines : — P. 110, 1. 560. The vessel, while the dread event draws nigh, Seems more impatient o'er the waves to fly. An idea equally correct and beautiful, and well understood by all who have been engaged with a lee... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...heaven, fermenting with its freight, Still vomits o'er the main the feverish weight. о о о о о о о The vessel, while the dread event draws nigh, Seems...— thus issuing from afar, Advances to the sun some hlazing star ; And, as it feels th' attraction's kindling force, Springs onward with accelerated course.... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - English poetry - 1856 - 602 pages
...wage. The sickly heaven, fermenting with its freight, Still vomits o'er the main the feverish weight. The vessel, while the dread event draws nigh, Seems...more impatient o'er the waves to fly: Fate spurs her on:—thus issuing from afar, Advances to the sun some blazing star; \ And, as it feels th' attraction's... | |
 | William Falconer - 1866 - 284 pages
...thee aloft, my gallant friend ! " he cries ; " Thy only succour on the mast relies." The helm, bereft of half its vital force, Now scarce subdued the wild...reclaim. The vessel, while the dread event draws nigh, 561] CANTO lit. Ill Seems more impatient o'er the waves to fly : Fate spurs her on ! — thus, issuing... | |
 | William Falconer - 1870 - 288 pages
...thee aloft, my gallant friend ! " he cries ; " Thy only succour on the mast relies." The helm, bereft of half its vital force, Now scarce subdued the wild unbridled course ; Quick to the abandoned wheel Arion came, The ship's tempestuous sallies to reclaim : The vessel, while the dread... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1880 - 852 pages
...attempt St. George's shoals to clear, Which close beneath the larboard beam appear." P. 110, 1. 560. The vessel, while the dread event draws nigh. Seems more impatient o'er the waves tojfy. An idea equally correct and beautiful, and well understood by all who have been engaged with... | |
 | John Richard Blakiston - 1884 - 256 pages
...thee aloft, my gallant friend," he cries, " Thy only succour on the mast relies ! " The helm, bereft of half its vital force, Now scarce subdued the wild unbridled course ; Quick to the abandon'd wheel another came, The ship's tempestuous sallies to reclaim. Amazed he saw her, o'er the sounding foam... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 256 pages
...thee aloft, my gallant friend !" he cries; " Thy only succour on the mast relies." The helm, bereft of half its vital force, Now scarce subdued the wild unbridled course. Quick to th' abandoned wheel Arion came, The ship's tempestuous sallies to reclaim. Amazed he saw her, o'er... | |
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He guides the unhappy victim to the shroud : " Hie thee aloft, my gallant friend ! " he cries ; " Thy only succour on the mast relies." The helm, bereft of half its vital force, Now scarce subdued the wild unbridled course : Quick to the abandon'd wheel... 
