 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,...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 2041851Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...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 I she stirs I She starts I she moves ! she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel ! And, spurning... | |
 | Albert M. Bacon - 1872 - 294 pages
...her foot the ground, dlp With one exulting, joyous bound, bhhf She leaps into the ocean's arms. bhdf And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, al rep. That to the ocean seemed to say, hf " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray ; bhhf Take her... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...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 tho shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts 1 she moves ! she seems to feel The thrill of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 632 pages
...of fear ! " Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow,...shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to sav, " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray, Take her to thy protecting arms, With all her youth and... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 520 pages
...guests, among whom were some ladies, stood on the vessel's deck. At last, at the given signal, — " She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! " "We have extracted the following incident of the launch from the manuscript of Captain Treble's... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 514 pages
...guests, among whom were some ladies, stood on the vessel's deck. At last, at the given signal, — "She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! " We have extracted the following incident of the launch from the manuscript of Captain Treble's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 384 pages
...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 hammers, blow on blow,...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms I And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1875 - 584 pages
...gray old sea. Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow,...prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to say, " Tiike her, O bridegroom, old and gray ; Take her to thy protecting arms, With all her youth and all... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, LONGFELLOW. The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away...see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she scems to fcel The thrill of life along her kcel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting,... | |
 | Mary Onley - 1875 - 158 pages
...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 1 She starts — she moves — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And spurning with... | |
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