 Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. "Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw,* So that our foe we...  Poems - Page 47by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 413 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet wo were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...white-sea strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. "Then lannched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet...gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sndden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Langh as he hailed us. " And as to catch... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 506 pages
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the rusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, •** Bent like a...failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the rusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 pages
...When on the white-sea strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; Aud with a sudden Haw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. "... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. "Then launch'd they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, " And as to catch the gale Round veer'd the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's haiL Death without... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1861 - 396 pages
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Ilildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Kound veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's hail Death without quarter ! Mid-ships with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 pages
...When on the white-sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. 90 "Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...gaining fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sndden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we Old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. 12 " Then launched they to the blast* Bent like a reed...Skaw,° So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. * Shun, the extreme northern headland of Denmark. 13 " And as to catch the gale, Round veered the flapping... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we Old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. 12 " Then launched they to the blast* . Bent like a reed...failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw,0 So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. 13 " And as to catch the gale, Round veered the... | |
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