The Greenwich PensionersH. Colburn, 1838 |
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afore afterwards anchor answered asked better boat boatswain brig broadside cabin called captain carronades Charley chief mate close crew deck Dick Dunkirk exclaimed eyes Farling Fat Jack father fell fire forecastle French frigate Gale gave gentleman give Greenwich Greenwich Hospital grog guns hand happy Happy Jack hauled head hear heard heart honour Hospital Jamaica Jerry Jerry Jones keep knew lads land look Lord Nelson Lymington mainsail mate mind morning never night o'clock officer ordered Painted Hall party passed pensioners Peters poor fellows replied returned round sail sailor says schooner seemed serjeant ship shipmates shore short shot side sight soon Spanish story tell there's thing thought Toby told Tom Peters took topsail Trinidad turned twas vessel walked ward watch wind wounded young
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Page 216 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 254 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 184 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 171 - Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give...
Page 53 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a' that ! For a
Page 20 - And gathered them out of the lands, From the east and from the west : From the north and from the south.
Page 125 - An infant when it gazes on a light, A child the moment when it drains the breast, A devotee when soars the Host in sight, An Arab with a stranger for a guest, A sailor when the prize has struck in fight, A miser filling his most hoarded chest, Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.
Page 172 - Had it pleased heaven To try me with affliction ; had they rain'd All kinds of sores and shames on my bare head, Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips, Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes, I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience...
Page 219 - It's no in titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest : It's no in making muckle mair ; It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest...
Page 47 - THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.