 | Frederick Marryat - 1851 - 374 strani
...he looked around him and up at the heavens, he sung in a low voice the words of a sea song : — " One wide water all around us, All above us one black sky." And so it was with them ; — they were in the middle of the Atlantic, not another vessel to be seen,... | |
 | 1853 - 456 strani
...peal contending clash I On our heads fierce rain falls pouring I In our eyes blue lightnings flash 1 One wide water all around us, All above us one black...sky ; Different deaths at once surround us ; Hark 1 what means that dreadful cry 1 -trou-bled о - cean, Where the seas contend with skies. 'Toe foremast's... | |
 | William Falconer, John Mitford - 1854 - 282 strani
...Boreas : in this passage additional testimony seems to arise, that it was composed by Falconer : — " In our eyes blue lightnings flash : One wide water all around us, All above us one black sky ! " P. 70, 1. 552 the looming waters roar. Beautifully expressive of their violence : thus Young, "... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1855 - 590 strani
...get, Oil the engines, seo all clear; Hands up, each a sack of coal get, Now the dreadful thunder's roaring, Peal on peal contending clash; On our heads fierce rain falls pouring, In our eyes the paddles splash. One wide water all around us, All above one smoke-black sky : Different deaths... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 strani
...Hands up, each preventive-brace set, Man the forcyard, cheer, lads, cheer ! Now the dreadful thunder's roaring, Peal on peal contending clash, On our heads...surround us : Hark ! what means that dreadful cry 1 The foremast's gone, cries every tongue out, O'er the lee, twelve feet 'bove deck ; A leak beneath... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 strani
...our heads fieree rain falls pouring, In our eyes blue lightnings Mash. Ono wide water all around UH, All above us one black sky, Different deaths at once...surround us : Hark ! what means that dreadful cry t The foremast's gone, cries every tongue out, O'er the lee, twelve feet Trove deck ; A leak beneath... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1856 - 302 strani
...Hands up, each a sack of coal get, Man the boiler, cheer, lads, cheer ; Now the dreadful thunder 's roaring, Peal on peal contending clash ; On our heads fierce rain falls pouring, In our eyes the paddles splash. One wide water all around us, All above one smoke-black sky : Different deaths... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1856 - 412 strani
...defence in such a manner as to baffle his quick eye, and to hinder its wounding mvself. CHAPTER XII. Different deaths at once surround us ; Hark ! what means that dreadful cry f — Sea Song. THE vessel which we had seen was a fishing-boat, under easy sail on the larhoard tack... | |
 | 1857 - 280 strani
...preventer brace set! Man the foreyards — cheer, lads, cheer ! " SLOW. Now the dreadful thunders rolling, Peal on peal, contending clash ; On our heads fierce...surround us— Hark ! what means that dreadful cry ? QUICK. " The foremast's gone," cries every tongue out, O'er the lea, twelve feet 'bove deck ! —... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 strani
...! each preventive brace set ; Man the fore-yard : cheer, lads, cheer ! " Now the dreadful thunder's roaring, Peal on peal contending clash ; On our heads...once surround us : Hark ! what means that dreadful ery ? " The foremast's gone !" cries ev'ry tongue out, " O'er the Ice t'velve feet 'bove deck: A leak... | |
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Now the dreadful thunder's roaring, Peal on peal contending clash, On our heads fierce rain falls pouring, In our eyes blue lightnings flash. One wide water all around us, All above us one black sky... 
