 Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South. Then up...  The Band of Hope Treasury - Page 471868Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...W. LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sail'd the wintry sea ; And the skipper had ta'en his little daughter To bear him company. Blue were...fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom sweet as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, With... | |
 | 1840 - 818 pages
...began to be able to leave my bed. WRECK 6F THE HESPERUS. A BALLAD. RT REKB.Y WADSWORTK LONGFELLOW. _» the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the Skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like... | |
 | 1842 - 506 pages
...and yet we must say, we have rarely or never in " these latter days," seen it surpassed in kind : " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white aa the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. " Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...HENBY WADIWOBTS LONOFELLOW. IT was the Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the Skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were...fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom sweet as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The Skipper he stood beside the helm, With... | |
 | Marlborough coll, mus. soc - 1860 - 104 pages
...with glee, If only one were here with me ! l, "Thewreck of the Hesperus," Hatlon REV. R. DUCKWORTH. It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. 6 Blue were her eyes, as the fairy-flax. Her checks... | |
 | 1879 - 442 pages
...Wreck of the Hesperus" tells the story of a certain Skipper, who "sailed the wintry sea," and took his little daughter to bear him company. '' Blue were her eyes as (he fair flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her hosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Ope. Smoke. Golden. Helm. Yonder. Last night. Scornful. Corpse. Amain. Laugh. Rough. Cruel. Length. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...to confirm or to refute the correctness and justice of the judgment we have meted out to it : — " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...little daughter To bear him company. " Blue were her eyea as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That... | |
 | 1851 - 724 pages
...to confirm or to refute the correctness and justice of the judgment ч have meted out to it :— " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughu-r To bear him company. " Blue were her eyes аз the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of... | |
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