 Then the Master, With a gesture of command. Waved his hand; And at the word. Loud and sudden there was heard. All around them and below; The sound of hammers, blow on blow; Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves,...  Ballast: A Novel - Page 1by Myra Swan - 1901 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 582 pages
...blow, Knocking awav the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs Î She starts, — she moves. — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,...ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into tbe ocean's arms ' And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 584 pages
...spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves. — tho seems to feel The thrill of life aloni her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground,...With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the OL-ean's anus ! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she see-ms to feel The thrill of life along her keel,...With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the oeean's arms! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud. That to the... | |
 | Ellen Luscombe - 1861 - 184 pages
...exercise. At last a slight stir was perceptible in the mighty mass : " She starts, she moves, she seema to feel The thrill of life along her keel ; And spurning with her foot the ground, With an exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! " and amidst the shouts of the spectators... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to fed The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with...ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps iuto the ocean's arms. 6 And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...hlow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,...with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous hound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! And lo ! from the assemhled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1865 - 194 pages
...blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts ; she moves ; she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning \»ith her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound She leaps into the ocean's arms ! And,... | |
 | American Tract Society - 1868 - 172 pages
...blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs ; And see ! she stirs ! She starts, she moves, she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And spurning with her feet the ground, With one exulting joyous bound She leaps into the ocean's arms ! And lo ! from the... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 pages
...on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,...foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, VII. And lo! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 pages
...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,...foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
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