 THE WHITE SQUALL On deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning ; It was the gray of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose ; And above the funnel's roaring, And the fitful wind's deploring, I heard the cabin snoring With universal nose. I could hear the...  Ballads - Strona 30autor: William Makepeace Thackeray - 1856 - Liczba stron: 228Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1844 - Liczba stron: 1128
...burlesque verse : — " On the deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay, and yawning ; It was the grey of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose ; And above the funnel's roaring, And the fitful winds deploring, I could hear the cabin snoring With universal note. I could hear the passengers snorting,... | |
 | 1846 - Liczba stron: 784
...Rhodes: — " Tkt White Squall. " On deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning ; It was the grey of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose ; And above the funnel's roaring. And the fitful wind's deploring, 1 heard the cabin snoring With universal nose. In our jovial floating prison There was sleep from fore... | |
 | 1859 - Liczba stron: 338
...man ! JOHN G. SAXE. THE WHITE SQUALL. i ON deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning; It was the gray of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose; And above the funnel's roaring, And the fitful winds deploring, I h'eard the cabin snoring With universal nose. I could hear the passengers snorting—... | |
 | 1881 - Liczba stron: 588
...Cornhill to Grand Cairo.' " On deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning; It was the grey of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose ; And above the...disporting — Vainly I was courting The pleasure of a doze ! " Again, there is a touch true to nature in the closing lines :— "And when, its force expended,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - Liczba stron: 906
...Ere yet the sun arose -, head : And above the funnel's roaring, Ami the fitful wind's deploring, 1 Too quick for groan or sigh, Each turned his face,...with his eye. Four times fifty living men, ; (And I 1 lay, and wondered why light Came not, and watched the twilight, And the glimmer of the skylight,... | |
 | 1875 - Liczba stron: 592
...them: — On deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning; It was the grey of dawning, 2IO 211 Ere yet the sun arose ; And above the funnel's roaring,...disporting — Vainly I was courting The pleasure of a doze ! George and Mary, you are old enough to notice how wonderfully this is written — how the verse goes... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - Liczba stron: 840
...richer of the two. THE WHITE SQUALL. ON deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning ; It was the gray of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose ; And above...And the fitful wind's deploring, I heard the cabin suoring With universal nose. I could hear the passengers suorting — I envied their disporting —... | |
 | 1881 - Liczba stron: 884
...Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo." ' ' On deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning ; It was the gray of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose ; And above...disporting — Vainly I was courting The pleasure of a doze 1" Again, there is a touch true to nature in the closing lines : — " And when, Its force expended.... | |
 | 1881 - Liczba stron: 1180
..."Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo" : "On deck, beneath the awning, I dozing lay and yawning ; It was the gray of dawning, Ere yet the sun arose; And above...the cabin snoring With universal nose. I could hear ihe passengers snorting, I envied their disporting — Vainly I was courting The pleasure of a doze!"... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - Liczba stron: 848
...beneiitli the awning, I dozing lay und yawning ; It was the gray of downing, Ere yet the sun nrose ; And above the funnel's roaring, And the fitful wind's...universal nose. I could hear the passengers snorting — 1 envied their disporting — Vainly 1 was courting The pleasure of a doie ! So 1 lay, and wondered... | |
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