 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1876 - 452 pages
...of our national culture in European eyes, he is undoubtedly the most conspicuous of American poets. 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... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1876 - 216 pages
...bells, bells — To the moaning and the groaning of the bells. THE WBEOK OF THE HESPERUS. LONGFELLOW. 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 - 1877 - 634 pages
...flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal ! to the Northland ! Skoal ! ' —Thus the ta1e ended. 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... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...the light ! and now he steers In safety to the land ! THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. — (Longfellow.) 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... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...of our national culture in European eyes, he is undoubtedly the most conspicuous of American poets. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus...company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her checks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May.... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1877 - 80 pages
...WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. It was the schooner ' Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper J had taken his little daughter, To bear him company....And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope s in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white...hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, With his pipe in his mouth, And watch'd how the veering flaw did blow The... | |
 | Leonard Southerden Wood - Children - 1921 - 396 pages
...ever, Yes, for ever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away ! CLXII 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 Then... | |
 | Teaching - 1921 - 528 pages
...attain To those turrets, where the eye Sees the world as one vast plain, Song The Day is Done Reading 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... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - Folk songs, English - 1921 - 280 pages
...WRECK OF THE HESPERUS It was the schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper has taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue...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... | |
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THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little 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... 
