 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
 | Arthur Hugh Clough - 1879 - 396 pages
...vain, Except that rule that none complain ? O tell me, friends that are no more ! Qua cunum 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... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1879 - 368 pages
...heart must feel, and feeling trust it will indeed be so. As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay Witli canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 pages
...pipe too sore, and tired his throat." 1 Westminster Review, October 1 869. EDITOR. QUA CURSUM 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 pages
...pipe too sore, and tired his throat.' EDITOR. 1 Westminster Review, October 1869. QUA CURSUM 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... | |
 | Manuals - 1880 - 76 pages
...writer will be found on page 36. Here is a Poem by a contemporary writer; alas ! not a living one : — 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 awhile,... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 pages
...head; Come up, Jetty, follow, follow, Jetty, to the milking shed." JEAN INOELOW.' QUA CURSUM VENTUS. A8 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...of the closing eye, Yield what the heart mnut understand, A long, a last Good-by. QUA CURSUM VENTUS. ge as 2 up sprang the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the selfsame seas... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 pages
...pipe too sore, and tired his throat.' EDITOR. 1 Westminster Review, October 1869. QUA CURSUM 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... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...vision Between a sleep and a sleep. ALGIRKOS CHARLES SWISDUKNK. QUA CUESVU VEXTUS. As ships bccalm'd ACK seaa By each was cleaving, side by side : E'en so, — but why the tale reveal Of those whom, year... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 pages
...Culled amid the Graces' bowers. J. ANSTICE, from ARISTOPHANES, Av. 1058. June 2. QUA CURSUM 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... | |
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