| John McGovern - 1880 - 762 頁
...and true religion. A shipwreck is described in this canto with a power second only to Falconer : 52. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then...the timid, and stood still the brave, — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful veil, As eager to anticipate their grave; 53. At intervals there gushed,... | |
| sir Duncan Macgregor - 1880 - 108 頁
...appeared inevitable. The scene of horror that now presented itself baffles all description ; — " Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave." The upper deck was covered with between six and seven hundred human beings, many of whom, from previous... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 頁
...And the dim desolate deep : twelve days had Fear Been their familiar, and now Death was here. . . . Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brar*— Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the... | |
| James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 頁
...pale, And the dim, desolate deep : twelve days had Fear Been their familiar, and now Death was here. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then...the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around... | |
| 1881 - 300 頁
...'amidships. A swirling eddy swallowed up the stern — the fore part was left 'impaled upon the rock. " ' Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then...shrieked the timid and stood still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave. Then all was hushed, Save... | |
| English poets - 1889 - 596 頁
...death alone l To die a prince — or live a slave — Thy choice is most ignobly brave ! THE SHIPWRECK. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 頁
...with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. A Ship Foundering. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, — Then...shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around... | |
| Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 448 頁
...Cameron's rugged face as he drew the three up and over the side of the big boat. WILLIAM BLACK. FOUNDEKING. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave,Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea... | |
| Robert Kidd - 1857 - 494 頁
...crews : She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. 2. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then...shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave; Then some leaped overboard, with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around... | |
| Blackwood William and sons - 1883 - 268 頁
...crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And going down head-foremost, — sunk, in short. 3. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ! Then...shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around... | |
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