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" 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 204
1851
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Poems, Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 396 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,...She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thriil of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound,...
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A First Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts, in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 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 l she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,...
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Myrtles and aloes; or, Our Salcombe sketch book. With a discursive gossip ...

Ellen Luscombe - 1861 - 184 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 staves and spars." Every one seemed to come out in a new character. The cordial linen draper chopped...
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The Progressive English reading books, Volume 3

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 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,...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the Ocean's arms ! LONGFELLOW. THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE. " Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my...
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Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 10

Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 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,...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 with her foot...
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Poems, Volume 2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 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,...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms! That to the ocean seemed to say, — " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray, Take her to thy protecting...
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The Fourth Reader of the School and Family Series

Marcius Willson - 1863 - 368 pages
...With gesture of command Waved his hand ; And at the word, WILLSON 8 FOUETH KEADEIJ. PABT V. All around them, and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow,...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms." 8. Mr. M. The very lines seem almost enough to start the vessel from her ways,1 but the reality is...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 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,...stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feej The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting,...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to fed The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with...ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps iuto the ocean's arms. 6 And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud,...
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The complete poetical works [&c.].

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 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,...ocean's arms! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There ruse a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to say, — " Take her, O bridegroom, old...
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