 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...maiden clasp'd her liands,and pray'd That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the lake of Galilee. And fast through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It... | |
 | 1840 - 818 pages
...his face to the skies, The lantern gleam'd through the gleaming snow On his fix'd and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That...saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stdll'd the wave On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 688 pages
...maiden clasp'd her bands,and pray'd That save'd she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Througli thewhistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Toward the reef of Norman's... | |
 | 1842 - 506 pages
...in its strength ; She shuddered and pawed, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe." It would merely be doing justice to our author, to quote more extensively from his ballad poetry, but... | |
 | 1842 - 512 pages
...in its strength ; She shuddered and pawed, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Lake o sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe." It would merely be doing... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...maiden clasped her hands and pmyed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land ; It... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That...might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the waves, On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling... | |
 | Marlborough coll, mus. soc - 1860 - 104 pages
...pale face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the falling snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands, and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of HIM who stilled the waves On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...his face to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That...the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. T;iE TREASURES OF THE DEEP. 175 And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming enow On his tix'd and glassy eyes. " Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That...might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the waves On the lake of Galilee. " And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whittling... | |
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But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and... 
