 Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them...  Principles of Elocution - Page 381by Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Holden - Bible - 1819 - 538 pages
...seaboy is who sleeps soundly at the masthead. This recalls to mind the beautiful lines of Shakspeare : " Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the...his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge," &c. 35. Thou shall say, Sfc.~\ — This is the drunkard's apology for his darling indulgence, when... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 476 pages
...thou with the vile In loathsome buds, and Icav'st the kingly couch? A watch-case, or a common 'laruui bell ? Wilt thou, upon the high and giddy mast, Seal...Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf "ning clamours in the slipp'ry shrouds,— Canst thou, O partial Sleep ! give thy repose To the... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...god ! Why liest thou with the vile, In loathsome beds, and leav'st the kingly couch A watchcase to a common larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high and...of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the tops, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slipp'ry shrouds,... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...loathsome beds, and leav'st a kingly coach, A watchcase tea common larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high ard giddy mast, Seal up the shipboy's eyes and rock his...the visitation of the winds. Who take the ruffian bellows by the tops. Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf 'ning clamors in the... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - English literature - 1820 - 470 pages
...of sweetest melody ? O thou dull god ! why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leav'st the kingly couch? A watch.case, or a common 'larum...giddy mast. Seal up the ship.boy's eyes, and rock ha brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 510 pages
...the vile, In loathsome beds ; and leav'st the kingly couch, A watch-case, or a common 'larum bell9 ? Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the...Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf 'ning clamours in the slippery clouds l, 9 A watch-case, &c.] This alludes to the watchman set... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...kingly couch A watch-case, or a common larum-bell ? Wilt thou, upon the high and giddy mast, S«al up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle...Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery shrouds, That, with the hurley, death itself awakes — Canst thou,... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...of sweetest melody ? O thou dull God, why liest thou with the vile, In loathsome beds, and leav'st the kingly couch A watch-case, or a common 'larum...giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brain In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian... | |
 | William Falconer - 1822 - 192 pages
...In silent tribute pay her kindred tear. PAGE 17,1.14. NOTES. A shipbog on the high and giddg mast! " Wilt thou, upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the...his brains, In cradle of the rude imperious surge?" PAGE 30,1.1. O'er bar, and shelve. SHAKSPEARE. A bar is known, in hydrography, to be a mass of earth,... | |
 | John Adams - Africa, West - 1823 - 290 pages
...full force of the expression, and which is ably described by our immortal bard, Shakspeare :— Canst thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's...monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamours in the slippery shrouds, That with the hurly, death itself awakes ; Canst thou, O partial sleep ! give... | |
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