 Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then...  Poems of America - Page 202edited by - 1878 - 558 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...Last night the moon had a golden ring Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east : The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows...wind did blow." He wrapped her warm in his seaman's ooa Against the stinging blast ; He cut a rope from a broken spar, And bound her to the mast. " Oh,... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the North-east; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows...strength; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, 'J'hcn leaped her cable's length. "Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind A gale from the northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused like a frightened steed, Then leaped her cable's length. "Come hither I come hither; my little daughter And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and londer blew the wind, A gale from the North-east; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows...storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; She shnddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. "Come hither! come hither!... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind , g i j 5 £ 3 A gale from the north-east ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. " | 3 5 Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused,... | |
 | Kensington series - 1872 - 232 pages
...cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shudder'd and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leap'd her cable's length. * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 324 pages
...pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows...hither ! ^my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; ^or I can weather the roughest gale, He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 632 pages
...a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A c*ale from the Northeast, The sr.mv fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed...hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; r"or I can weather the roughest gale, He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 pages
...And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the nosth-east ; Tho snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed...shuddered and paused like a frighted steed, Then leaped a cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble so, "For I can... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frightened steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter,... | |
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