Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. "Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw,* So that our foe we... Poems - Σελίδα 47των Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 413 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1889 - 254 σελίδες
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw " And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, ' Death ! ' was the helmsman's hail, ' Death... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1890 - 352 σελίδες
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. u Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us r And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. *... | |
| Arthur Beaman Simonds - 1894 - 344 σελίδες
...sea, Bearing the maid with me, Fairest of all was she Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, 1 So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 352 σελίδες
...his pursuers, when a head-wind round the Cape of Skaw drives him back. " Then launched they to t*e blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining...fast, When the wind failed us ; And with a sudden flawCame round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. Buna down the vessel of... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 460 σελίδες
...— When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. "Then launched they to the blast; Bent like a reed...the flapping sail, Death! was the helmsman's hail, Down her black hulk did reel Through the black water! "As with his wings aslant Sails the fierce cormorant,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1897 - 348 σελίδες
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. w Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw " And as to catch the gale Kound veered the flapping sail, ' Death ! ' was the helmsman's hail, ' Death... | |
| Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 σελίδες
...! When on the white sea-slrand, Waving his armed hand. Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. "Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed...failed us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw,7 So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. " And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping... | |
| Walter Learned - 1897 - 338 σελίδες
...When on the white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast. Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind fail'd us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hail'd... | |
| William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 σελίδες
...white sea-strand, Waving his armed hand. Saw we old Hildebrand. With twenty horsemen. " Then launch'd they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind fail'd us ; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hail'd... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 σελίδες
...When on the white sea strand, Waving his armM hand, Saw we old Hildebrand, With twenty horsemen. " Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw,1 So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. "And... | |
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