The Eternal Sea: An Anthology of Sea PoetryWilliam Martin Williamson Coward-McCann Incorporated, 1946 - 565 pages |
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Page 176
... roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back , and fling , At their return , up the high strand , Begin , and cease , and then again begin , With tremulous cadence slow , and bring The eternal note of sadness in . Sophocles long ago Heard ...
... roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back , and fling , At their return , up the high strand , Begin , and cease , and then again begin , With tremulous cadence slow , and bring The eternal note of sadness in . Sophocles long ago Heard ...
Page 203
... roar , yet , free from harms , William shall to his dear return : Love turns aside the balls that round me fly , Lest precious tears should drop from Susan's eye . " The boatswain gives his dreadful word , - The sails their swelling ...
... roar , yet , free from harms , William shall to his dear return : Love turns aside the balls that round me fly , Lest precious tears should drop from Susan's eye . " The boatswain gives his dreadful word , - The sails their swelling ...
Page 401
... . Lights shine in the town . She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the door ; She will hear the winds howling , Will hear the waves roar . We shall see , while above us The waves roar NEPTUNE'S KINGDOM 401.
... . Lights shine in the town . She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the door ; She will hear the winds howling , Will hear the waves roar . We shall see , while above us The waves roar NEPTUNE'S KINGDOM 401.
Contents
THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP | 25 |
OUTWARD BOUND | 55 |
STORMY SEAS | 83 |
Copyright | |
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Algernon Charles Swinburne beauty beneath billows blow blue brave breast breath bright calm Cape Horn captain captain's gig clouds dark dawn deck deep dream drift Epes Sargent eternal eyes flying foam gale gleam glory gray Gulf Stream gulls Hamish Maclaren hand harbor hear heard heart heave heaven Henry Bellamann Henry Wadsworth Longfellow John Greenleaf Whittier John Hall Wheelock land leap light Lord mast mighty moon morning never night o'er ocean Poems port reef roar rocks rolling Round Cape Horn sail sailor sand shining ship shore shrouds silent sing skipper sleep song soul sound spars spray stars Stone Fleet storm surge sweep sweet tempest thee There's thou thunder tide topsails vessel voice W. H. Davies watch waters waves whale wild Wilfrid Wilson Gibson wind wings wonder wreck Yo-ho-ho