 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
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 pages
...mine accepted sacrifice." Scott. PROMISCUOUS SELECTIONS IN VERSE. The Shipwreck. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around... | |
 | John Dennis - Poets, English - 1883 - 430 pages
...climax in the following stanza, describing a ship going down head foremost : — " 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... | |
 | Approved poetry - 1884 - 114 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 th* sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling... | |
 | Alfred McFarland - Bounty Mutiny, 1789 - 1884 - 276 pages
...head-foremost, sunk Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell! Then Bhriek'd the timid, and silent stood the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suak'd with her the whirling... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave : Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned round... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...desolate deep: twelve days had Fear Been their familiar, and now Death was here. Then rose from sea to his only friend! It was a sight that seemed to make yet more inhuman t — 10 Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1887 - 276 pages
...soar upon — 4 Are likei^ "what /am— "without thee. SHIPWRECK. —Byron. 4Then rose from sea to sky— the wild farewell — 'Then shrieked the timid...•Then some leaped overboard— with dreadful yell — 2As eager to anticipate their grave — "And the sea yawned around her — like a hell — And... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1887 - 270 pages
...soar upon — 'Are like <TV "what / am— "without thee. SHIPWRECK.— Byron. Then rose from sea to sky — the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid...— Then some leaped overboard— with dreadful yell — 2As eager to anticipate their grave — "And the sea yawned around her— like a hell — And down... | |
 | Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland - Engineering - 1888 - 356 pages
...Results. By Mr LAURENCE HILL. (SEE PLATE xxi.) Received and Read 20th March, 1888. " 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 all was hushed, Save a distant shriek, the last despairing cry Of some strong... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 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... | |
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