 in the glare Not one alone; from each projecting cape And perilous reef along the ocean's verge. Starts into life a dim, gigantic shape, Holding its lantern o'er the restless surge. Like the great giant Christopher it stands Upon the brink of the tempestuous...  Twenty Poems from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 30by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1884 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, uneardily splendor in its glare ! Not one alone ; from each projecting cape...and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light, With strange, unearthly splendour in its glare. Not one alone ; from each projecting cape And...wave, Wading far out among the rocks and sands, The night-o'ertakeu mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, unearthly splendour in its glare ! Not one alone; from each projecting cape And perilous reef along the ocean's verge, Like the great giant Christopher it stands Upon the brink of the tempestuous wave, Wading far out among... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, unearthly splendour in its glare! Not one alone; from each projecting cape And...and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful,... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, unearthly splendor in its glare ! Not one alone ; from each projecting cape...and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful,... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 234 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, unearthly splendor in its glare ! Not one alone ; from each projecting cape...and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, unearthly splendor in its glare ! Not one alone ; from each projecting cape...brink of the tempestuous wave, Wading far out among the-rocks and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 472 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, unearthly splendor in its glare ! Not one alone ; from each projecting cape...and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...the face. And as the evening darkens, lo ! how bright, Through the deep purple of the twilight air, Not one alone ; from each projecting cape And perilous...and sands, The night-o'ertaken mariner to save. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light With strange, unearthly splendour in its glare! Not one alone; from each projecting cape And perilous reef along the ocean s verge, Starts into life a dim, gigantic shape, Holding its lantern o'«r the restless surge.... | |
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