A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O... The Naval and Military Magazine - Page 941827Full view - About this book
| 1823 - 496 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And 611s the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leave* Old England on the lee. t. O for a soft and gentle... | |
| 1822 - 694 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. О for a soft and gentle... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...mast! And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair... | |
| Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...! And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair... | |
| Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1826 - 538 pages
...the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...! And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle, free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
..."..'.. : .. .1:.. . ! .. ' - * .' -A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boysrf" While like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****.... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. THE MARINER S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O ! for a soft and gentle... | |
| Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...us." EXERCISE CII. (Cunningham). A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast : And bends the gallant mast, my boys, 5 While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1, 2. While... | |
| Frederick Marryat - Barges - 1834 - 320 pages
...alone. Here's more wind coming. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." " Jacob," said the Domine,... | |
| Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...the brave. THE MARINER S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, A ml fills the white and rustling sail,] And bends the gallant...mast, And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle... | |
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