 The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like...  Major's New code ... readers - Page 149by Henry Major - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 pages
...drifted a dreary wreek, And a whooping billow swept the drew She struck where the white and fleeey waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks,...angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in iee, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sunk, Ho ! ho ! the breakers... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy...carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...beneath her bows ; She drifted a dreary wreck ; And a whooping billow swept the crew, Like icicles, from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy...glass she stove and sank : Ho ! Ho ! the breakers roared. At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach, A fisherman stood aghast To see the form of a maiden fair... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...She drifted a dreary wreck ; And a whooping billow swept the crew, Like icicles, from her deck. 365 She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...glass, she stove and sank : Ho ! ho ! the breakers roared ! At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. t She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...glass, she stove and sank, Ho ! ho'! the breakers roared ! At day-break, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreury wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy...wool. But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like thfi horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice. With the masts went by the... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her sides Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds...of glass she stove and sank, Ho ! ho ! the breakers roared. At day-break on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden... | |
 | 1862 - 600 pages
...crew Like Icicles from h«r deck. CELESTIAL VAGRANTS. 27 She struck whero the white and fleecy wares Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks,...Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the mo-it went by the board ! Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sank, Ho ! ho 1 the breakers roared... | |
 | Helen Somerset - English Fiction (Kcal Only) - 1862 - 216 pages
...beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept her crew Like icicles from the deck. " She struck where the white and fleecy waves...gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull." LOXGFELLOW. HELEN'S presentiment was soon to be realized, though the gentle winds and unruffled sea,... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 232 pages
...the rocks and breakers right ahead She drifted, a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. At daybreak on the bleak sea-beach A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden fair Lashed... | |
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