 | University of London, R. E. Grant - 1829 - 374 páginas
...the storm ; but to their majestic consort alone can we apply the glowing language of the poet, — ' She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife*.' For these reasons, Gentlemen, I have thought it advisable to defer the consideration of the comparative... | |
 | 1832 - 602 páginas
...EXTRACTS PROM THE MS. JOURNAL OP A NAVAL OFFICER SERVING ON THE JAMAICA STATION DURING THE LATE WAR. " She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle fire, the wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck ?" — BY AON.... | |
 | E. N - 1829 - 286 páginas
...SICKNESS. How gloriously her gallant course she goes, Her white wings flying — never from her foes ! She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. CORSAIR. DURING breakfast on this his second day of probation, Frank found his companions more cordial... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1829 - 366 páginas
...harassing fatigues incident to the profession, when the noble machine is once under weigh- — • ., She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. AVho would not brave the battle fire — the wreck — To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? !... | |
 | Old Sailor - 1826 - 534 páginas
...stud-sails, is to fancy one of those lady-ships, who from Trojan-galleys were changed into sea nymphs ; — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. For all that he has endured, our marine has only been made a gunner's mate; but "one man is born with... | |
 | Christopher Biden - 1830 - 432 páginas
...ship.f " How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying—never from her foes— She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire—the wreck— To move the monarch of her peopled deck ?"—Byron.... | |
 | Karl von Baron Miltie - 1831 - 446 páginas
...!" NIGHT THE NINTH. THE PRIVATEER. AN ADVENTURE NEAR THE CAPE DE VERD ISLANDs. N 6 THE PRIVATEER. " She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife." BYRON. DUE ING the invasion of Spain by the French, in 1823, the fast-sailing copper-bottomed French... | |
 | Richard Longeville Vowell - 1831 - 346 páginas
...exulting sense — the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way. — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire — the wreck — To move the monarch of her peopled deck. The... | |
 | 1831 - 1070 páginas
...in ludicrous alarm, are seen scudding, under bare poles, helter-skelter, for any haven, lo ! " SUE walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife !" We are sick and surly — and no wonder. The Whigs are In. But " yet there is ae comfort left" —... | |
 | 1831 - 740 páginas
...fore tops full of activity and life, at once rivet the attention with wonder and delight : " She wwiks the waters like a thing of life. And seems to dare the elements to strife " In the distance, the artist has effectively introduced the Land's End, aud Longships Lighthouse.... | |
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She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. 
