 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 σελίδες
...bee, with various sound, Proclaim the sweets of wedlock round. •' A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. \ WET sheet and a flowing sea — A wind that follows...gallant mast — And bends the gallant mast, my boys. O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the snoring breez:, And white... | |
 | 1991 - 648 σελίδες
...quaint songs in a silvery tenor of great purity and sweetness that was delicious to the listening ear: "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast; While like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea." There are... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 σελίδες
...(1. 1-4) AmNP; BANP; CDC; MAT; NIP; TTY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM (1784-1842) A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea 1 A wet (1. 1—4) 2 While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea. (1. 23—24) BoTP; EnRP; FaBoBe;... | |
 | Susan Harris Smith, Melanie Dawson - 2000 - 488 σελίδες
...quaint songs in a silvery tenor of great purity and sweetness that was delicious to the listening ear: "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lea." There are few singers on the lyric stage who could surpass Simon Cameron. One night, a few weeks... | |
 | Henry Coleman Folkard - 2000 - 586 σελίδες
...a heavy sea, the risk is thereby eonsiderably angmented. SCCDDING, OB RCNNING BEFOBE THE WIND. • A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And till> the white aml rustling sails, And beuds the gallant must.'— CrNNINoHAM. THIS braneh of our... | |
 | Malcolm Archibald - 2001 - 212 σελίδες
...lifeline and enabled the world to be cleansed of a great evil. Chapter 21 The Challenge of Pleasure A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. ' Allan Cunningham. After being a place of mystery and a frontier for adventurers, a route for the... | |
 | Philip J. Barker, Poppy Buchanan-Barker - 2005 - 308 σελίδες
...used to steer the person out of danger and distress back on to the course of reclamation and recovery. A wet sheet and a flowing sea A wind that follows...white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast. Epilogue The challenge of change belongs to both the person who is the professional, and the person... | |
 | Brad Watkins - 2006 - 136 σελίδες
...sat out back with a cup of hot tea and read from one of the folded pages. A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows...leaves Old England on the lee. "O for a soft and gentle mind!" I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And white waves heaving high— And... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1860 - 332 σελίδες
...again, 0 Britons ye may rue it. Then 0 protect, &c. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 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 ! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the swelling breeze, And white... | |
 | Glenice Whitting - 2007 - 258 σελίδες
...mother up the gangplank while Grossvater carried my five-year-old mother onto the sailing ship Toamina. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, a wind that follows fast, and fills the white and rustling sails and bends the gallant mast. Grossvater chants the old sea shanty as I sit on his knee in front... | |
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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. 
