 Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her, like a hell, And down she sucked...  A guide to Southport, North Meols - Page 88by Thomas Kirkland Glazebrook - 1825 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...desolate deep : twelve days had Fear Been their familiar, and now Death was here. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid,...overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | Readers - 1866 - 408 pages
...desolate deep : twelve days had Fear Been their familiar, and now Death was here. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell— Then shrieked the timid,...overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawned around her, like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...desolate deep : twelve days had Fear Been their familiar, and now Death was here ! Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid,...overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | London ship - 1866 - 134 pages
...heard above the fury of the gale, and mocked the very groans of the dying. " Then rose from sea to sea the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave." But on board the sinking London, amidst the storm, the gospel was preached, earnest prayers presented,... | |
 | Children's literature - 1868 - 882 pages
...ocean. Now a few moments would see the last of the brig and her hapless crew. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid and stood still the brave, Then some leaped overbeard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd around like a... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1868 - 216 pages
...— sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewel.4 Then shrieked the timid and fctood still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...the earth wet, and turned the unwilling waters red. —ChUde Harold. SHIPWRECK. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid,...overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...earth wet, and turned the unwilling waters red. — Cliilde Harold. SHIPWRECK. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid,...overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...and then a lurch to port, And going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. 2. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shrieked the timid, and...overboard, with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; Arid the sea yawned around her like a hell ; And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1869 - 208 pages
...ocean. Now a few moments would see the last of the brig and her hapless crew. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid and...overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave,... | |
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