...contrary to that of the Neapolitan, as his boat is different in rig and seaworthiness. The Briton sings of "A wet sheet and a flowing sea and a wind that follows fast"; he delights in a wet jacket and loves to see the swirling water rushing out of his lee scuppers ; so...

...a fiddle was suddenly scraped by a long and quavering bow, and a sonorous voice burst out jovially, "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast" stopped, and the bow ceased to be drawn across the strings. The house from which the sounds came was...

...were present at this fight Master John Hawes, merchant, and sundry other of good account. A SEA-SONG. 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...

...rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave And the winds their revels keep l And this: And this: A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fair. My foot is on my gallant deck, Once more the rover is free I And the " Larboard Watch " — the...

...roll ing deep, Where the scattered waters rave And the winds their revels keep l And this: And this : A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fair. My foot is on my gallant deck, Once more the rover is free 1 And the ' ' Larboard Watch ' ' —...

...home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave And the winds their revels keep ! And this : A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fail. And this: My foot is on my gallant deck, Once more the rover is free I And the " Larboard Watch...

...rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave And the winds their revels keep ! And this: And this: A wet sheet and a flowing sea; And a wind that follows fair. My foot is on my gallant deck, Once more the rover is free ! And the " Larboard Watch "—the...

...outside. The glasses and mugs are filled, and then the fugle-man 1 strikes up the old sea song : — " A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fast," etc., i which is the invariable first song in the School-house, and all the seventy voices join in,...

...home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave And the winds their revels keep ! And this : A wet sheet and a flowing sea, And a wind that follows fair. And this: My foot is on my gallant deck, Once more the rover is free ! And the " Larboard Watch...

...out to please his fancy. I confess, too, that his enthusiasm rekindled, for a moment, my third reader interest in " a wet sheet and a flowing sea " and...she said, softly. " But I know that the say took me fawther from me when I was a wee maid." 593 plate, lower and lower still. His fervor departed, and...