| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...that wears a crown. SHAKSPEARE. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sail'd the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little...hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm ; His pipe was in his mouth ; And he watched how the veering flaw did blow... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal! to the Northland! skoal!"* — Thus the tale ended. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the lairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1856 - 432 pages
...have slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. 108 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. 109 Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the... | |
| Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...I cannot tell," said he, " But 'twas a famous victory ! " THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. BY LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes, as the lairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...warrior's soul, Skoal ! to the Northland ! skoal ." — Thus the tale ended. THE WEECK OF THE HESPEEUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The... | |
| Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...he lay ; And from the sky serene and far, A voice fell like a falling star, Excelsior ! LONGFELLOW. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day : And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
| Book - 1859 - 334 pages
...guard us ; He, through His eternal might, Give us all a blessed night." THE WKECK OF THE "HESPEKUS." IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 506 pages
...have slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...have slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy -flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, -\ THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. 183 The skipper he stood... | |
| Thomas SHORTER - 1861 - 226 pages
...all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. 120. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus,...hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, With his pipe in his mouth, And watched how the veering flaw did blow The... | |
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