 | English poems - 1870 - 722 ページ
...true love find ; Tell me, ye jovial sailors ! tell me true, If my sweet William sails among the crew." William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow...and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1871 - 294 ページ
...If my fweet William fails among the crew. William, who, high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to and fro ; Soon as her well-known voice he heard,...figh'd, and caft his eyes below : The cord flides gently thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he ftands. So the fweet lark, high... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 ページ
...sailors, tell me true If my sweet William sails among the crew." William, who high upon the yard Rocked with th t2 sighed, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1871 - 296 ページ
...If my fweet William fails among the crew. William, who, high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to and fro ; Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd, and cafl his eyes below : The cord flides gently thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 382 ページ
...Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sighed and cast his eyes below ; The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 760 ページ
...true-love find? Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among the crew. 2 William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow...and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning)... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 ページ
...sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among the crew?" William, who high upbn the yard Rocked with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sighed, and cast his eyes below ; The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1875 - 220 ページ
...sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among the crew." William, who high upon the yard Rocked with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sighed, and cast his eyes below : <5o THE WEST COUNTRY GARLAND The cords slide swiftly through his... | |
 | 1904 - 1058 ページ
...sailors, tell me true If my sweet William sails among the crew." William, who high upon the yard Rocked with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard He sighed, and cast his eyes below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning... | |
 | 1904 - 610 ページ
...fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard He sighed, and cast his eyes below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance his... | |
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest.... 
