 | J. C. - 1860 - 218 σελίδες
...agree : We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0, for a soft and gentle wind ! l heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze. And white... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 196 σελίδες
...agree : We might learn a lesson, all of us, Beneath the green-wood tree. 1 A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA A WET sheet and a flowing sea. A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail. And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys.... | |
 | 1860 - 568 σελίδες
...first verse of Allan' Cunningham's song, " A wet sheet and a flowing sea " ? The lines run thus : — " Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." A lee-shore is that to which the wind blows from the sea ; it is, therefore, difficult to understand... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 σελίδες
...plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set! Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset! Sir W. Scott A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind ! And white waves heaving high \ And white waves heaving high, my lads, I heard a fair one cry ; But... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 346 σελίδες
...and verse. His songs and balladi are his best productions, and many of them have great excellence.] A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " 0 fois%-S5§; and gentle wind ! " I heawl'a fair one cry ; But give to me the roaring breeze, And... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 σελίδες
...! But sweeter to be loved again. A llan Cunningham. Born 1784. Died 1842. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
 | 1862 - 538 σελίδες
...with hilarious readiness, and — " With a wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast ; Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." This last line, by the way, is a puzzler, since how, with a wind that follmes fast, a ship, good or... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 216 σελίδες
...manner, better than all the threatenings of blustering authority. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. ' Oh, for a soft and gentle wind ! ' I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the stormy breeze, And... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 σελίδες
...preventing ; — The waters wild went o'er his child, And he was left lamenting. CAMPBELL. L SEA SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 132 THE WRECK. " O for a soft and gentle wind ! " I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring... | |
 | 1863 - 150 σελίδες
...rocky breast As souls in a heavenly power that rest, .. Doth the sea bird find repose. % Met j?|eet. A wet sheet, and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry, But give to me the snoring breeze, And... | |
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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. 
