At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing, O'er the deep ! o'er the deep ! Where the whale and the shark and the sword-fish sleep Outflying the blast and the driving rain, The petrel telleth her tale — in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning... Incidents of a Whaling Voyage - Página 183de Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 360 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1832 - 406 páginas
...Petrel lellelh her tale — in vain; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Who bringcth him news of the storms unheard ! Ah ! thus does the prophet,...spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing ! GOOD OLD TIMES. [From ' Combe's Constitution of Mao.'] A GENTLEMAN who was subject to the excise... | |
| Bryan Waller Procter - 1832 - 270 páginas
...Petrel tellcth her talc — in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Who bringeth him news of the storms unheard ! Ah ! thus does the prophet,...from the creatures he serveth still : Yet he ne'er faulters : — So, Petrel ! spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing ! XXXI— EARTH AND... | |
| Gerritt Van Husen Forbes - 1833 - 32 páginas
...Petrel telleth her tale— in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Who bringeth him news of the storms unheard ! Ah ! thus does the prophet,...spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing ! " Well ! that is wonderful. We never heard of this strange bird before. What do they call it stormy... | |
| 1834 - 222 páginas
...Petrel telleth her tale— in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Who bringeth him news of the storms unheard ! Ah ! thus does the prophet,...good or ill, Meet hate from the creatures he serveth (till : Yet he ne'er falters : — So, Petrel ! spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 páginas
...tale ; — in vain : For the mariner curseth the warning bird, Who bringeth him news of the siorms unheard ! Ah ! thus does the Prophet of good or ill Meet hate from the creatures he serveth still j Yet He ne'er falters : — so, Petrel ! spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing. To these... | |
| Robert Dunn (animal-preserver, Hull.) - 1837 - 158 páginas
...her tale — in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning bird, Who bringeth him news of the storm unheard. Ah ! thus does the prophet of good or ill...spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing." I have thus given a slight btit general view of the birds to he met with in these similar and sister... | |
| Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 páginas
...Petrel telleth her tale— in vain ; For the mariner curieth the warning bird, Who bringeth him news of the storms unheard. Ah ! thus does the prophet...ne'er falters — so Petrel spring Once more o'er th' wsves on thy stormy wing I CHEONICLES OF THE SEA. No. 17.] PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, PRICE ONE... | |
| Author of Charlie's discoveries - 1841 - 242 páginas
...bird, Who bringeth him news of the storm unheard I And thus does the prophet of good or ill Meet scorn from the creatures he serveth still : Yet he ne'er falters : — so, petrel I spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing ! ' * " What ! tears, my little girl, why have... | |
| Wood-notes - 1842 - 160 páginas
...telleth her tale in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning hird, Who bringeth him news of the storm unheard ! Ah ! thus does the prophet of good or ill...creatures he serveth still : Yet he ne'er falters : — Lo, Petrel ! spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing ! THE PARROT AND THE WREN. A... | |
| 1842 - 294 páginas
...telleth her tale in vain ; For the mariner curseth the warning bird, Who bringeth him news of the storm unheard ! Ah ! thus does the prophet of good or ill...Meet hate from the creatures he serveth still : Yet Tie ne'er falters : — Lo, Petrel ! spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing ! THE PARROT... | |
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