 Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land — Good Night!  The Port folio, by Oliver Oldschool - Page 191Full view - About this book
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1851 - 494 pages
...not alone a house familiar to us ; it is perhaps even our country that we are obliged to leave : " Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters...the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew." I believe there is a pang in every man's heart when that hour comes, — when, as Shakspear says, "he... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1851 - 542 pages
...fast to a rope, I breathed upon the tip of my nose, to keep the life in, and became sentimental. 4 Adieu, adieu ! My native shore Fades o'er the waters...the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew.' " The last trace of America disappeared ; the ship rolled more, and more, and more ; the steward called... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1851 - 572 pages
...holding fast to a rope, I breathed upon the tip of my nose, to keep the life in, and became sentimental. 'Adieu, adieu ! My native shore Fades o'er the waters...blue ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrreks the wild sea-mew. ' " The last trace of America disappeared ; the ship rolled more, and more,... | |
 | Eliza Leslie - 1852 - 542 pages
...exactly as he had known them at the OLD FARM-HOUSE. • THAT GENTLEMAN: OB, PENCILLINGS ON SHIP-BOARD. "Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight." — BYRON. " AND now, dear Caroline, tell us some particulars of your passage home," said Mrs. Esdale... | |
 | J. Benwell - 1853 - 272 pages
...gain, to give the stones of the brook for the gold of Ophir." THE ENGLISHMAN IN AMERICA, CHAPTER I. " ADIEU, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters...awhile to him and thee, My native Land — Good night ! " — BTRON. LATE in the fall of the year 1 8 — , I embarked on board the ship Cosmo, bound from... | |
 | Frederick Edward Gretton - 1853 - 152 pages
...before him before the memory of men ; scarcely any thing is changed, nothing at all progresses. LXVII. Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters...sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Ton sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight, Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...shores receded (rom his sight, I hits to the elements he pourU hi« last •Good Night." L '• AiíiEU, adieu! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue...sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild seamew. Von Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native... | |
 | Henri E. Marquand - 1853 - 362 pages
...winds sigh, the brea.kers roar, ' And shrieks the wild sea-mew. 1 Yon sun that sets upon the sea 1 We follow in his flight. ' Farewell awhile to him and thee, * My native land, good night !" Mes sensations étaient trop fortes. Je ne pus assister plus long-temps à ce spectacle. Je saisis... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 502 pages
...elements he ponr'd his last " Good Night." ADIEU, adien ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blne ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon snn that sets npon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land—Good... | |
 | Alfred Biese - 1905 - 394 pages
...o'er the waters blue ; The night winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew ; Yon1 sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight...; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land, good-night! He says of the beauty of Lusitania : Oh Christ ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven... | |
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