 The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel...  Bentley's Miscellany - Pagina 152geredigeerd door - 1840Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1877 - 80 pagina’s
...up and spake an old saildr, Had sailed * the Spanish Main, J " I pray thee put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. " Last night the moon had a golden...he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east ; The snow fell hissing in... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pagina’s
...up and spake an old sailor, had sailed the Spanish Main : " I pray thee, put into yonder port, for I fear a hurricane. Last night, the moon had a golden...he blew a whiff from his pipe, and a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, a gale from the north-east ; the snow fell hissing in... | |
 | Lays, Tuneful lays - 1877 - 96 pagina’s
...spake an old sailor, Had sailed the Spanish Main, " I pray thee, put into yonder port, For I fear the hurricane. " Last night the moon had a golden ring,...he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east ; The snow fell hissing in... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pagina’s
...and spake an old Sailor, Had sailed to the Spanish Main, "I pray thee, put into yonder port, is For I fear a hurricane. "Last night the moon had a golden...he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. 20 Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast, The snow fell hissing in... | |
 | 1927 - 490 pagina’s
...Then up and spake an old sai!6r, Had sailed the Spanish Main, "I pray thee put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. "Last night, the moon had a golden...he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east; The snow fell hissing in the... | |
 | 1916 - 1054 pagina’s
...appearance of lunar halos. In "The Wreck of the Hesperus" Longfellow mentions one of these : " For I fear a hurricane ; Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see.'1 Halos and coronas form only when there is much moisture in the sky, so the proverbs concerning... | |
 | 1883 - 810 pagina’s
..."Then up and spake an old sailor, Had sailed the Spanish main, ' I pray thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. ' Last night the moon had a golden...no moon we see ! * The skipper he blew a whiff from hw pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he." The two next verses form a climax. In beginning, pitch the... | |
 | 1911 - 706 pagina’s
...on his way; Evening gray and morning red Bring down rain upon his head. ' ' COBONAS AND HALOES "For I fear a hurricane; Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see. ' ' Many proverbs foretelling rain and bad weather are based on the appearance of solar and lunar haloes... | |
 | 1925 - 966 pagina’s
...north-easter on the coast of New England does not seriously affect its charm. The seaman is not offended, by Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see. The words might have come straight from the mouth of an old shell-back. Coleridge, too, has the real sea... | |
 | Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 pagina’s
...up and spake an old Sail6r, Had sailed to the Spanish Main, "I pray thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane. "Last night, the moon had a golden...he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast, The snow fell hissing in the... | |
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