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" Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then... "
The poetical works of H.W. Longfellow - Page 97
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 8

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...put into yonder port, tor I fear a hurricane. " Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laugh'd he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east ; The snow fell hissing in...
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The Evergreen, Volume 1

1840 - 818 pages
...to-night no moon we see ' The Skipper, he blew a whiff from hi« pipe, And a scornful laugh laugh'd be. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the North-east; The t now fell hissing in the brine, And the billows froth 'd like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote...
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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. " Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 19

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1842 - 646 pages
...his pipe in his mouth;' although it may serve as a foil to such graphic lines as the following : 1 Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the bdlova frothed like yctut.' The skipper's little daughter bears him company, who trembles at the gale...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. " Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And...
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The Rover, Volume 2

Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...And to-night no moon we see! The Skipper, he blew a whifi from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laugh'd he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the...The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows froth'd like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel in Its strength ; She shudder'd...
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Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...old sailor, Had sailed the Spanish Main, 51 » Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see !" The skipper, he blew a whiff from...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither! my little daughter, And...
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Poems, Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...put into yonder port, For 1 fear a hurricane. " Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And...
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Programmes of evening concerts

Marlborough coll, mus. soc - 1860 - 106 pages
...put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. " Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see !" The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength, She shuddered and paused, like a frighted...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...the Spanish main, I pray thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. " Last night the moou had a golden ring, And to night no moon we see ! "...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And...
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