 She struck, where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull.  Young England - Page 2091883Full view - About this book
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows : She drifted...billow swept the crew, Like icicles, from her deck. 365 She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks, they... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 pages
...sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling serf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, Bnt the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Look'd soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her sides Like the horns of an angry bull.... | |
 | 1862 - 600 pages
...Longfellow's beautiful ballad " The Wreck of the Hesperus," which gives us a picture of a similar tragedy. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...a whooping billow swept the crew Like Icicles from h«r deck. CELESTIAL VAGRANTS. 27 She struck whero the white and fleecy wares Looked soft as carded... | |
 | Helen Somerset - 1862 - 216 pages
...she shook off her painful thoughts to wave an adieu to their watching friends on shore. CHAPTER II. " The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept her crew Like icicles from the deck. " She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 232 pages
...sheeted ghost, the vessel swept T' wards the reef of Norman's Woe. To the rocks and breakers right ahead She drifted, a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts, went by... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...sound came from the land 5 It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her sides Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds all sheathed in ice, With the masts went... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...sheeted ghost, the vessel swept T'wards the reef of Norman's woe. To the rocks and breakers right ahead She drifted, a dreary wreck ; And a whooping billow...carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach A fisherman stood aghast, To see... | |
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