 Then the master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And, at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts ! she moves...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4961851Full view - About this book
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...descending, Ready to be The bride of the gray old sea. Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pages
...jewel " ? LXXVII.— THE LAUNCH OF THE SHIP. 1. Then the master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand. And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard,...sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the snores and spurs. And see ! — she stirs ! She starts ! she moves ! she seems to feel The thrill of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...Then the Master, With a gesture of eommand, Waved his hand ; And at the word, THE SECRET OF THE SEA. Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 358 pages
...the bay, Slowly, in all his splendors dight, Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard,...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts — she moves — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 pages
...jewel " ? LXXVII.— THE LAUNCH OF THE SHIP. 1. Then the master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand. And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard,...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! — she stirs ! She starts ! she moves ! she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel ! And,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 350 pages
...the bay, Slowly, in all his splendors dight, Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard,...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts — she moves — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 330 pages
...Beady to be The bride of the grey old sea. Then the Master, \Vith a gesture of command. And at tho word, Loud and sudden there -was heard, All around...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts— she moves — she seem? to fool The thrill of life along her keel, And,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, 345 All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel 350 The thrill of life along her keel,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 pages
...Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, 345 All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel 350 The thrill of life along her keel,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 562 pages
...Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, THE SECRET OF THE SEA. Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammer», blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stire ! She starts, — she... | |
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