 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 ページ
...sailors, tell me irue, 3 If my sweet William sails among the crew?" William, who high upon the yard Rocked n Matthews Manly sighed, and cast his eyes below : 10 The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands And, quick as... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - 1926 - 220 ページ
...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) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance,... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 ページ
...sailors, tell me true, 5 If my sweet William sails among the crew.' William, who high upon the yard Rocked . C. Heath and company sighed_, and cast his eyes below. 10 The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick... | |
 | Jon Stallworthy - 1986 - 422 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,... | |
 | Dianne Dugaw - 2001 - 342 ページ
...poet: When William comes from "high upon the yard" on hearing Susan's voice, "The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, / And, (quick as lightning,) on the deck he stands." The imagery harkens back to polite verse; alongside such cliches as "quick as lightning" are... | |
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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.... 
