...flower of something gone, A tinge may wear ; Come to the sunset tree, &c. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA, A wet sheet ! and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast. my...

...seamanship which would have delighted Allan Cunningham, whose celebrated outward-bound vessel, enjoying ' a wet sheet and a flowing sea,' and ' a wind that follows fast,' contrives somehow, notwithstanding, to leave ' Old England on the lee.' When Mr and Mrs Thompson arrived,...

...Amanda Madcap and her two city friends. [Enter Ned — court-piaster on his face — singing loudly,) " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast, That fills the " [Discovering them.] Ah ! beg your pardon, ladies — excuse my boisterousness —...

...279. A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA. Young Vocslist, 48. Young Melodist, 126. Id vol. Melodeoo, 50. 1. A wet sheet and a flowing sea. And a wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast ! And bends the gallant mast, my...

...with many a pitch and a tumble she rolls over the tide-eddy at the harbour mouth — and then, With a wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast, away ws run to the westward, and leave the white terraces and dotted hill-houses, and all our cares...

...round outside. The glasses and mugs are filled, and then the fugleman strikes up the old sea song — " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast," &c., which is the invariable first song in the School-house, and all the seventy voices join in, not...

...round outside. The glasses and mugs are filled, and then the fugleman strikes up the old sea song — " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast," &o. which is the invariable first song in the school-house, and all the seventy voices join in, not...

...seamanship which would have delighted Allan Cunningham, whose celebrated outward-bound vessel, enjoying "a wet sheet and a flowing sea," and "a wind that follows fast," contrives somehow, notwithstanding, to leave " Old England on the lee." When Mr. and Mrs. Thompson...

...breezy morning, to lift anchor and be off — an order obeyed with hilarious readiness, and — " With a wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast ; Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee." This last line, by the way, is a puzzler,...

...long ago ; Of the days when we went gipsying, long, long ago. And all the young men were dressed " In "a wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast, Which fills " " The star-spangled banner, oh, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home...