 Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South. Then up...  Ballads and Other Poems - Page 42by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 56 pages
...2qrs. to the fraction of a ton ; 5^of 3qrs. 241bs. to the fraction of a cwt. W. Write and learn : — It -was the Schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry...daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy -flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in... | |
 | Lucius Alonzo Butterfield - 1874 - 36 pages
...saintly eyes Look beyond the stormy skies, And they see the beacon light. TB JUdrich. 15 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. It was the schooner Hesperus, That...daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day ; Her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...left him there, As if his rest had been a breathing sleep. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS(HW LONGFELLOW.) It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...be well to have the similes explained and questioned upon. 1. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.1 2. Thy dress was like the lilies, And thy heart as pure as they ; One of God's holy messengers... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pages
...'twas a famous victory!" Southey The Wreck of the Hesperus. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sail'd the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little...daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 268 pages
...at the top of tho page ; and write sentences containing these words. THE WKECK 6F THE HESPERUS. Ifr was the Schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry sea,...the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn bads That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his month,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...HESPERUS. 65 (Draun by C. GREES.) THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. [HEHRt WADgWORIR LONOFELLOW. &0 Pai}t 14.] IT was the schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. ' Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the... | |
 | 1875 - 448 pages
...drink — " SUCCESS TO THE TOWN PUMP!" THE WRECK OF TEE HESPERUS. BY HENST WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. fT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the... | |
 | Hymns - 1875 - 336 pages
...element. Glorious fountain ! Let my heart be Fresh, changeful, constant, Upward like thee ! THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 pages
...national culture in European eyes, he is undoubtedly the most conspicuous of American poets. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus That...daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy -flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in... | |
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