| 1842 - 650 pages
...the Ancient Mariner found so hard to be borne. In " The Wreck of the Hesperus," the ship — " That shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length," was evidently built of the same timber with that, " Which, like a pawing horse, let go, Then made a... | |
| John William Carleton - 1857 - 712 pages
...Hood's Bay, where the waves ran unusually high, and were very threatening : at which the little vessel " Shuddered and paused like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length." On nearing Scarborough a large steamer passed them, making directly for the harbour. Charley therefore... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...the wind, A gale from the north-east ; 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 and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leap'd her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither... | |
| 1840 - 818 pages
...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 amain, The vessel in its strength ; She shudder'd and paus'd, like a frighted steed, Then leap'd her cable's length. Come hither ! come hither... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed...tremble so ; For I can weather the roughest gale, That ever wind did blow." He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He... | |
| 1842 - 620 pages
...the Ancient Mariner found so hard to be borne. In " The Wreck of the Hesperus," the ship — " That shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length," was evidently built of the same timber with that, " Which, like a pawing horse, let go, Then made a... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed...tremble so ; For I can weather the roughest gale, That ever wind did blow." He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...the wind, A gale from the North-east ; 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 and paus'd, like a frighted steed, Then leap'd her cable's length. Come hither ! come hither... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed...tremble so ; For I can weather the roughest gale, That ever wind did blow." He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed...tremble so ; For I can weather the roughest gale, That ever wind did blow." He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He... | |
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