 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pàgines
...W. LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sail'd the wintry sea ; And the skipper had ta'en his little daughter To bear him company. Blue were...fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom sweet as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, With... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 688 pàgines
...company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom sweet as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside tlie helm, With his pipe in his mouth, And watch'd how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now west,... | |
 | 1840 - 818 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 512 pàgines
...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...as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. " Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and pawed, like... | |
 | 1842 - 506 pàgines
...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...Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white aa the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. " Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pàgines
...HENBY WADIWOBTS LONOFELLOW. IT was the Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the Skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were...fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom sweet as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The Skipper he stood beside the helm, With... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pàgines
...orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...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.... | |
 | Marlborough coll, mus. soc - 1860 - 104 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1879 - 442 pàgines
...Wreck of the Hesperus" tells the story of a certain Skipper, who "sailed the wintry sea," and took his little daughter to bear him company. '' Blue were her eyes as (he fair flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her hosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pàgines
...Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal ! to the Northland ! Skoal /"* THE WKECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...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.... | |
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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 hawthorn buds, That ope in the... 
