 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. O...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 1951823Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...MARINER'S SONG. BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. I. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. О for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...A FLOWING SEA. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves O for a soft and gentle wind ! I heard a fair one cry ; But give to me the swelling breeze,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1826 - 538 pages
...the least familiar to our readers. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle, free, Away 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... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
..."..'.. : .. .1:.. . ! .. ' - * .' -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 boysrf" While like an eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. . ****.... | |
 | Military art and science - 1827 - 700 pages
...astronomy." THE MARINER'S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And tills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...; And bends the gallant mast, my boys ! While like an eagle free, Awav the good snip flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. THE MARINER S SONG. A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. " O ! for a soft and gentle wind," I heard a fair one cry ; But give... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...us." EXERCISE CII. (Cunningham). 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, 5 While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1, 2. While... | |
 | Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...the brave. THE MARINER S SONG. A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, A ml fills the white and rustling sail,] And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind, I heard a fair one crv, But give to me... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - Barges - 1834 - 320 pages
...alone. Here's more wind coming. " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant...like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." " Jacob," said the Domine, " I have heard by the mouth of Rumour, with... | |
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