 As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail at dawn of day Are scarce long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the...  Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side - Page 205edited by - 1853 - 206 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...Virginia's hills and \vaters, — Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! JOHN GREbNLEAF WH1TT1ER. PARTING. , distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,...ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I acaree long leagues apart descried. When fell the night, up sprang the breeze, And all the darkling... | |
 | 1873 - 296 pages
...come ! My true-love waits ! Thus the damsel spake — and died. THOMAS CHATTERTON. QUA CURSUM VENTUS. As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...self-same seas By each was cleaving, side by side : 107 E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those whom, year by year unchanged. Brief absence joined... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...thyself, and wait. [From dough's " Life, Letters, and Poems."] UNITED HEREAFTER. Qnti cursutn ventits. ]S ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, up sprung the breeze, And all the dark'ning hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...towers of sail, at dawn of day Are scarce long leagues apart descried. When fell the night, up sprang All ready staved, l : E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those whom, year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 pages
...— Yea better, e'en better than I love him. And as I walk by the vast calm river, QUA CURSUM VENTUS. As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...selfsame seas By each was cleaving, side by side: E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those whom, year by year unchanged. Brief absence joined anew... | |
 | Arthur Hugh Clough - 1874 - 416 pages
...vain, Except that rule that none complain ? O tell me, friends that are no more ! Qua curium ventus. As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...self-same seas By each was cleaving, side by side : E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those, whom year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - 200 pages
...Deliverance, Promise, Course ! Time-tired souls salute thee from the shore. BROWNLRB BROWN. QUA CURSUM VENTUS. AS ships, becalmed at eve, that lay *•*• With...they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas Ey each was cleaving, side by side : E'en so — but why the tale reveal Of those, whom year by year... | |
 | Songs - 1874 - 252 pages
...seal of love this motto be, " Not for a moment, but — Eternity ! " MONTGOMERY. QUA CDRSUM VENTUS. 8 ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, up sprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the selfsame seas... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...we our course fulfil ; Soaree we divine a sun will shine And be above us still. QUA CURSUM VENTU3. As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...the selfsame seas By each was cleaving, side by side : E'en so, — but why the tale revenl Of those whom, year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...the margin, the Piper, the Cloud-compeller. 36 QUA CURSUM VENTUS. As ships, becalmed at eve, that by With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of...self-same seas By each was cleaving, side by side : E'en so—but why the tale reveal Of those whom, year by year unchanged, Brief absence joined anew... | |
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