 At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden fair, Lashed close to a drifting mast. The salt sea was frozen on her breast, The salt tears in her eyes; And he saw her hair, like the brown seaweed, On the billows...  English Grammar - Page 124by Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 209 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus ^ In the midnight...like this, On the reef of Norman's woe ! LONGFELLOW. HASSAN; OR, THE CAMEL-DRIVER. IN silent horror, o'er the boundless waste, The driver Hassan with his... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...salt tears in her eyes; Aud he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight...and the snow! Christ save us all from a death like thin, On the reef of Norman's Woe! THE LUCK OF EDENHALL. FROM TBI QIRMA.N Or I'HLIND. OF Edcuholl,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow 1 Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! LONGFELLow. XXIV. THE TREASURES... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight...from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! ALEXANDER AND PHILIP. BY MISS LANDON. HE stood by the river's side, A conqueror and a king, None... | |
 | Joseph Beckham Cobb - 1858 - 424 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. " Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow ! Christ save us all from a wreck like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! " A few pages further on, Mr. Longfellow favors us with... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight...like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! LONGFELLOW. THE SLAVE'S DREAM. BENEATH the ungathered rice he lay, His sickle in his hand : His breast was bare,... | |
 | Book - 1859 - 334 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight...from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's woe ! LongfellowBABES IN THE WOOD. A GENTLEMAN of good account In Norfolk dwelt of late, Who did in honour... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair, like tne brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight...from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! 60 THE LUCK OF EDENHALL. The tradition, upon which this ballad is founded, stud the " shards of the... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 pages
...sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden fair Lashed close to the drifting mast. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus In the midnight and the snow ; — God save us all from a death like this On the reef of Norman's Woe ! * MRS. UNTIDY. Abridged... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 506 pages
...salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight...from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! THE LUCK OF EDENHALL. FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND. [The tradition upon which this ballad is founded,... | |
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