 Far exceedeth all the rest ! Thus with the rising of the sun Was the noble task begun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on every side ; Plied so deftly and so...  Poems ... - Page 315by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...side ; Plied so defdy and so wefl, That, ere the shadows of erenicg fel, The keel of oak for a nobie ship. Scarfed and bolted, straight and strong, Was...and stretched along The blocks, well placed upon the sip. Happy, thrice happy, erety oae Who sees his labor well berun. And not perplexed and mnhipfied,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...the noble task begun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees his labour well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied, By idly waiting for time and tide ! And when the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...the noble task begun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees his labour well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied, Bv idly waiting for time and tide ! And when the... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...With vigorous arm s on every side; Plied so deftly and so well, Thftt erc the shadows of evening feil, The keel of oak for a noble ship, Scarfed and bolted,...the slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees Ins lubour well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied, By idly waiting for time and tide! And when... | |
 | 1854 - 738 pages
...Of axes and of mallets, piled With vigorous arms on every side ; Mied so deftly and so well, rh if ere the shadows of evening fell, The keel of oak for...stretched along The blocks, well placed upon the slip. • * » [>ay by day the vessel grew, With timbers fashioned strong and true, Stemsou and keelson and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...the noble task begun, And soon throughout the shipyard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees his labour well began, And not perplexed and multiplied, By idly waiting for time and tide ! And when the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...the noble task oegun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...ship. Scarfed and bolted, straight and strong, Was l*ing ready, and stretched along The blocks, well placed upon the slip. Happy, thrice happy, every... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...the noble task begun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...and bolted, straight and strong, Was lying ready, aud stretched along The blocks, well placed upon the slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...the noble task begun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees his labour well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied, By idly waiting for time and tide ! And when the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...the noble task begun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...bolted, straight and strong, Was lying ready, and stretehed along The blocks, well plaeed upon the slip. Happy, thriee happy, every one Who sees his... | |
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