 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
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 358 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,...ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps intc the ocean's arms! And lo! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...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 on blow,...stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel 350 The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 pages
...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 on blow,...stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel 350 The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 330 pages
...the Master, \Vith a gesture of command. And at tho word, Loud and sudden there -was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow,...see ! she stirs ! She starts— she moves — she seem? to fool The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot tho ground, With one exulting,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 480 pages
...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 on blow,...Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! 387. The Fortunate Isles, or Isles of the Blest, were imaginary islands in the West, in classic mythology,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 562 pages
...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 moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 704 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,...crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That tc the ocean seemed to say, — " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray, Take her to thy protecting... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 686 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,...foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 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 1 she stirs I She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...a gesture of command, Waved his hand ; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around Whose dnll thoughts cannot conceive thee ; Though...love not thy maddest fits Above all their greatest lond, That to the ocean seemed to say, — "Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray, Take her to thy protecting... | |
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