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,—... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5181851Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| Mary Onley - 1875 - 156 pages
...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...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms." LONGFELLOW. CHAPTEE X. THE SONG OF SPRING. ) jlTH the usual acclamation the Trustful was launched ;... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...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, joyous bound, She leaps into the Ocean's arms 1 DISASTER. NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert, On the sick or wounded bison,... | |
| 1876 - 732 pages
...blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — sho seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And,...arms. And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose n shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to say, "Take her, O, bridegroom, old and gray... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 pages
...heard, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems 'to feel...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the Ocean's arms ! DISASTER. NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert, On the sick or wounded bison,... | |
| 1876 - 734 pages
...below, Tho sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away tho shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along hor keel, And, spurning with hor foot tho ground, Witli one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...heard, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the Ocean's arms ! DISASTER. NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert, On the sick or wounded bison,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 400 pages
...below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into-the ocean's arms ! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...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 - 1878 - 238 pages
...below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...arms ! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to say, — " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray,... | |
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