 | New York (N.Y.) - 1840 - 818 pages
...began to be able to leave my bed. WRECK 6F THE HESPERUS. A BALLAD. RT REKB.Y WADSWORTK LONGFELLOW. _» the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the Skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 144 pages
...changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. fcTHE WKECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed...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 hawthorn... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 506 pages
...and yet we must say, we have rarely or never in " these latter days," seen it surpassed in kind : " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...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 aa the... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 512 pages
...latter days," seen it surpassed in kind : " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry son ; 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...slightly changed the orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed...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 hawthorn... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal ! to the Northland ! skoal /" — Thus the tale ended. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed...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 hawthorn... | |
 | Marlborough coll, mus. soc - 1860 - 104 pages
...with glee, If only one were here with me ! l, "Thewreck of the Hesperus," Hatlon REV. R. DUCKWORTH. It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. 6 Blue were her eyes, as the fairy-flax. Her checks... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...the flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal ! to the Northland ! Skoal /"* THE WKECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed...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 hawthorn... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...to confirm or to refute the correctness and justice of the judgment we have meted out to it : — " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...had taken his little daughter To bear him company. " Blue were her eyea as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the... | |
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Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the 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 smoke now West, now South. Then... 
