 | 1920 - 618 pągines
...teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, He lifts his teeth, as If to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And... | |
 | 1891 - 642 pągines
...teeth to-night, He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave admiral, say but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone?" The word leapt as a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then pale and worn, he kept hisdeck,... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 472 pągines
...the Sierras." Horn in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1o, 1842. From a poem in the New York Independent. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of...kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 484 pągines
...Independent. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, The good mate said, " Now must we pray, For lo! the...kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night • It grew, a starlit flag unfurled, It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world;... | |
 | 1892 - 396 pągines
...teeth to-night. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word : What shall we do when hope...kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — Alight! Alight! Alight! Alight! It grew, a starlit flag... | |
 | 1892 - 828 pągines
...teeth to-night. He curls bis lips, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite ! Brave Adm'rl, say but one good word, What .shall we do when hope...! sail on ! and on !" Then, pale and worn, he kept the deck And peered through darkness. Ah ! that night Of all dark nights ! And then a speck — A light... | |
 | 1892 - 812 pągines
...to bite! Brave Adm'rl, say but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone ?" The words leaped as a leaping sword: "Sail on ! sail on ! sail on !...kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights ! And then a speck — Alight! Alight! Alight! Alight! It grew, a starlit... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1892 - 682 pągines
...their way, For God from these dread seas is gone, Now speak, brave Adm'rl ; speak and say " He said : " Sail on ! sail on ! and on ! " Then, pale and worn,...kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights ! And then a speck — Alight! Alight! Alight! Alight! It grew, a starlit... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pągines
...way, For God from these dread seas is gone ; Now speak, brave Adm'rl; speak and say — " He said, " Sail on ! sail on ! and on ! " Then, pale and worn,...kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light ! A light ! A light ! A light ! It grew, a starlit... | |
 | Mrs. Ida Scott Taylor McKinney - 1894 - 436 pągines
...stars are gone : Brave Admiral, speak — what shall I say?" " Why say, ' Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! '" Then pale and worn he kept his deck And peered through darkness. — Ah, that Night Of all dark nights! — And then — a speck! — A light! a. light! a light! a light! — It... | |
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Sail on! sail on! and on!" They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate: "This mad sea shows his teeth to-night. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is... 
