 Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves,...  Voices of the Night, and Other Poems - Page 44by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts ! she moves ! she seems...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! THE LA UNCHING OF THE SHIP. 271 And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms I And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
 | Mrs. George Campbell OVEREND - 1872 - 268 pages
...round them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see 1 She stirs ! She starts — she moves — she seems...exulting, joyous bound She leaps into the ocean's arms ! ' LONGFELLOW. there was a ceremonial at the laying of the keel, so there was also a still greater... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...brought a lily white doe, J. — 2. Quick. The movement of joy, humor, etc. : I And see I she stirs I She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms I , Longfellow. ,,.<•'> ^_ 3. Rapid. Used in expressing haste, fear, etc. :l Hurrah I the foes are... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she...foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, VII. And lo! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
 | Albert M. Bacon - Gesture - 1872 - 294 pages
...her foot the ground, dlp With one exulting, joyous bound, bhhf She leaps into the ocean's arms. bhdf And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, al rep. That to the ocean seemed to say, hf " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray ; bhhf Take her... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away tho shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts 1 she moves ! she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel I And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound She leaps into the ocean's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 632 pages
...around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she...shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to sav, " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray, Take her to thy protecting arms, With all her youth and... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - Architecture - 1873 - 514 pages
...guests, among whom were some ladies, stood on the vessel's deck. At last, at the given signal, — "She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! " We have extracted the following incident of the launch from the manuscript of Captain Treble's... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - Boston (Mass.) - 1873 - 520 pages
...guests, among whom were some ladies, stood on the vessel's deck. At last, at the given signal, — " She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! " "We have extracted the following incident of the launch from the manuscript of Captain Treble's... | |
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