 Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the...  The Book of British Ballads - Page 34edited by - 1844 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew Ioud7 And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. ' O where will I get a code sailor, To take... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 632 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we 'll come to harm.' They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. 1 A line adapted in Kinmon1 Willie, as the formulae of the Iliad recurs in the Odyssey. 2 Suffice.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 626 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we 'll come to harm.' They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. 1 A line adapted in Kinmont Willie, as the formulae of the Iliad recurs in the Odyssey. * suffice.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we 'll come to harm.' They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. 1 A line adapted in Kinmont Willie, as the formulae of the Iliad recurs i the Odyssey. a -suffice.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm !" They hadua sailed a league, a league, A league, but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind...top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam' o'er the broken sliip, Till a' her sides were torn. " Oh where will I get a gndo sailijr Will... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...gang to sea, Maister, I fear we'll come to harm!" They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ropes they brak, the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship,... | |
 | Charles Stephen Brooks - England - 1926 - 366 pages
...are sung — the ballads that we gather into books. They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. If we are inclined to think of servants in a modern sense — a transitory population that flits from... | |
 | James Wilson - Ballads, Scots - 1927 - 472 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind...o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. ' 0 where will I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast, To... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind...loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmast lap, It was sic a deadly storm: And the waves cam owre the broken ship Till a' her sides were... | |
 | Peter-Eric Philipp, Andrew Lang - 2000 - 442 pages
...ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind...top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn. "O where will I get a gude sailor, To take my... | |
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