WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep, — It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, "Cut away the mast! Complete English for the Grades: Book 1- - Page 208by Arthur Treat Gorton, Edgar S. Pitkin, Mildred Cohn, Pauline Goodman - 1920Full view - About this book
| 1813 - 410 pages
...may gain; Or the best of our pleasures may turn into pain. THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER. JAMES T. FIELDS. We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare...midnight on the waters And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder... | |
| British and foreign sailors' society - 1879 - 398 pages
...their interest, for more than any other class they have to face death, as in Field's lines : — " We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. " So we shuddered there in silence, — For the stoutest held his breath ; While the hungry sea was... | |
| 1859 - 798 pages
...little girl's words, wrote the following s of poetry : — YHE YEMPESY. WE were crowded in the cahin ; Not a soul would dare to sleep, — • It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. "Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shatterM in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
| 1744 - 726 pages
...found their way to the Cape of Good Hope, thankful to God for their great deliverance. THE TEMPE9T. WE were crowded in the cabin, — Not a soul would...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
| 1851 - 316 pages
...having killed, are towing towards it. GOD ON THE OCEAN. We 'were crowded in the cabin. Kot a soul did dare to sleep ; It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in winter, To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder,... | |
| James Thomas Fields - 1849 - 108 pages
...our Gift, Culled from a margin of the western world, And offered unto Genius in the old. BALLAD OF THE TEMPEST. WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul...deep. 'T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, " Cut away the mast! " So we shuddered there... | |
| 1849 - 742 pages
...; but we cannot forbear quoting the following exquisite ballad, as a fair specimen of its quality : We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare...deep. 'T is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, " Cut away the mast!" So, we shuddered there... | |
| 1849 - 612 pages
...is all for which we can find present space. The following* Ballad of the Tempest' is simple yet pic1 WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare...midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. ' 'T ie a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder... | |
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