 How he beat the storm to laughter; For well he knew his vessel With that vain wind could wrestle; And when a wreck we thought her And doomed ourselves to slaughter, How gaily he fought her, And through the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Strona 34autor: William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1874 - Liczba stron: 336
...sleep blessed him in his last. Twenty years before, he had written, after being in a white squall, — And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me Those little girls had grown to be women when the mournful day broke that saw their father lying dead.... | |
 | 1875 - Liczba stron: 592
...his daughters in England are just waking and praying that he may be having a safe voyage home : — And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. MATTHKW BROWNE. strike, this fancy-work opened, and out stepped a clock-work cuckoo. The Cuckoo bowed,... | |
 | 1874 - Liczba stron: 618
...as unrefined as it is graphic, but the touch of tenderness in the closing verse redeems it : — ' And when, its force expended. The harmless storm was...waking And smiling and making A prayer at home for me." It is noticeable how much less pronounced Thackeray's cynical tone is in his verses than in the province... | |
 | 1874 - Liczba stron: 618
...as unrefined as it is graphic, but the touch of tenderness in the closing verse redeems it : — ' And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...as the sunrise splendid Came blushing o'er the sea, 1 thought, as day was breaking, My little girls were waking And smiling and making A prayer at home... | |
 | 1874 - Liczba stron: 614
...as unrefined as it is graphic, but the touch of tenderness in the closing verse redeems it : — ' And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was ended, And as the sunrise splendid Come blushing o'er the sea, I thought, as day was breaking, My little girls were waking And smiling... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - Liczba stron: 348
...sleep blessed him in his last. Twenty years before, he had written, after being in a white squall, — And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...the sunrise splendid Came blushing o'er the sea : I tnought, as day was breaking, My little girls were waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - Liczba stron: 346
...The harmless storm was ended, And, as the sunrise splendid Came blushing o'er the sea ; I tnought, as day was breaking, My little girls were waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. Those little girls had grown to be women when the mournful day broke that saw their father lying dead.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - Liczba stron: 576
...through the hubbub brought her, And as the tempest caught her, Cried, "George, some brandy and water 1" And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. OUR BOAT TO THE WAVES. OUR boat to the waves go free, By the bending tide,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - Liczba stron: 630
...through the hubbub brought her, And as the tempest caught her, Cried, "George, some brandy and water ! " And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. OUR BOAT TO THE WAVES. OUR boat to the waves go free, By the bending tide,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - Liczba stron: 840
...IIHANDTAND-WATER ! " And when, its foree expended, The harmless storm was ended, And as the suurise splendid Came blushing o'er the sea ; I thought, as...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. l844. BALLADS. PEG OF LIMAVADDY. RIDING from Coleraine (Famed for lovely Kitty), Came a Cockney bound... | |
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