 With salt-spray caught below; That ship must heed her master's beck, Her helm obey his hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. Her oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may peel; The sunken rock and coral peak May grate...  The Boy's Yearly Book - Page 5331867Full view - About this book
 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1846 - 434 pages
...master's beck, Her helm obey his hand. And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. Her oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may...good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusty rocks The young bride of the sea 7 Look !— how she moves adown the grooves In graceful beauty now ! How lowly... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 506 pages
...hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. VOL. XTIH. — no. xciv. 2 Her onken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may peel —...good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusty rocks The young bride of the sea ? Look ! — how she moves adown the groove* In graceful beauty now ! How lowly... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 500 pages
...his hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. YOb. XTIII. — ДО. XCIT. 2 Her oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may...we well the painted shell We give to wind and wave, Most float, the sailor's citadel, Or sink, the sailor's grave ! Ho ¡—strike away the bars and blocks,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 144 pages
...master's beck, Her helm obey his hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. Her -oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may...good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusty rocks The young bride of the sea ? Look ! how she moves adown the grooves, In graceful beauty now ! How lowly... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 pages
...master's beck, Her helm obey his hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. Her oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may...good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusty rocks The young bride of the sea ? Look ! how she moves adown the grooves, In graceful beauty now ! How lowly... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Elocution - 1851 - 328 pages
...And drive the trunnels free ; Nor faithless joint nor yawning seam Shah1 tempt the searching sea ! Ho ! — strike away the bars and blocks, And set the good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusky rocks The young bride of the sea ? Look ! — how she moves adown the grooves In graceful beauty... | |
 | Grace Greenwood - 1852 - 456 pages
...from THE SONGS OF LABOR. These from the SHIPBUILDERS strike us as especially spirited and beautiful: ' Ho ! strike away the bars and blocks, And set the...good ship free! Why lingers on these dusty rocks The young bride of the sea? Look! how she moves adown the grooves, In graceful beauty now ! How lowly on... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - Hymns, English - 1858 - 152 pages
...yawning seam, The slaves of human art. Lay rib to rib, and beaiu to beam, Shall tempt the searching sea ! Ho ! strike away the bars and blocks, And set the...good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusty rocks The young bride of the sea ? Look ! how she moves adown the grooves, In graceful beauty now! How lowly... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...master's beck, Her helm obey his hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. Her oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may peel ; The sunken rock and coral peak May grate alonn; her keel ; And know we well the painted shel' We give to wind and wave, Must float, the sailor's... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...master's beck, Her helm obey his hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. Her oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may...good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusty rocks The young bride of the sea ? Look ! how she moves adown the grooves, In graceful beauty now ! How lowly... | |
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