 They come forth from the darkness, and their sails Gleam for a moment only in the blaze, And eager faces, as the light unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze.  The Children's hour - Page 21868Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light, With strange unearthly splendour in its glare. And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending...swells; And ever joyful as they see it burn, They waive their silent welcomes and farewells. ' Sail on,' it says, ' sail on, ye stately ships, And with... | |
 | 1850 - 818 pages
...sail outward and return. Bending aud bowing o'er the billowy sweUs, And ever joyful, яя they вес it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells....sails Gleam for a moment only in the blaze, And eager fuces, as the light unveils, Gaze at Iho tower, and vanish while they gaze. This volume of Mr. LONGFELLOW... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...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, Bending...swells, And ever joyful, as they see it burn, They come forth from the darkness, and their sails Gleam for a moment only in the blaze, And eager faces,... | |
 | 1850 - 570 pages
...that weather-stained Man in the Iron-Mask : ' AND the great ships sail outward and return, Bending aud bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful, as they see It burn, They wave their sileul welcomes and farewells. • They come forth from the darkness, and their sails Gleam for a moment... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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, Bending...unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze. The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink ; And, when returning... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...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, Bending...unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze. The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink ; And when, returning... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...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, Bending...unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze. The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink ; And when, returning... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 pages
...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, Bending...unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze. The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink ; And when, returning... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 234 pages
...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, Bending...unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze. The mariner remembers when a child, On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink ; And when, returning... | |
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