 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 - 1910 - 294 pages
...noble task begun, And soon throughout the shipyard's bounds 130 Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...and so well, That, ere the shadows of evening fell, 135 The keel of oak for a noble ship, Scarfed0 and bolted, straight and strong, Was lying ready, and... | |
 | 1910 - 490 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 every side; Plied so deftly and so well, The keel of oak for a noble ship, Scarfed and bolted, straight and strong, Was lying ready, and stretched... | |
 | HENRY FROWDE - 1912 - 1072 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...deftly and so well, That, ere the shadows of evening The keel of oak for a noble ship, Scarfed and bolted, straight and strong, Was lying ready, and stretched... | |
 | Kate Forrest Oswell, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1912 - 520 pages
...noble task begun, 130 And soon throughout the shipyard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on every side; Plied so deftly and so well, strong, Was lying ready, and stretched along The blocks, well placed upon the slip. 140 Happy, thrice... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1914 - 734 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...strong, Was lying ready, and stretched along The blocks, weU placed upon the slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees his labor well begun, And not perplexed... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1915 - 680 pages
...noble task begun, And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds 130 Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...and so well, That, ere the shadows of evening fell, 135 The keel of oak for a noble ship, Scarfed and bolted, straight and strong, Was lying ready, and... | |
 | 1918 - 688 pages
...noble task begun, 130 And soon throughout the shipyard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...stretched along The blocks, well placed upon the slip. 140 Happy, thrice happy every one Who sees his labor well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied,... | |
 | Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...rest ! BY THE SEASIDE. And soon throughout the ship-yard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied With vigorous arms on...well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied, By idly waitmg for time and tide ! And when the hot, long day was o'er, The young man at the Master's door... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...soon throughout the shipyard's bounds Were heard the intermingled sounds Of axes and of mallets, plied That, ere the shadows of evening fell, The keel of...straight and strong, Was lying ready, and stretched along 5 The blocks, well placed upon the slip. Happy, thrice happy, every one Who sees his labor well begun,... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1921 - 400 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... | |
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