 | Sherwin Cody - 1905 - 628 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... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 346 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... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1905 - 528 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 quickly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning)... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1905 - 502 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, So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 352 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 So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 ページ
...sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among the crew?1 William, who high upon the yard s 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, 12 And, quick as... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton - 1906 - 446 ページ
...shrouds of the ship to the side of his mistress : — William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with his billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd and cast his eyes below ; The cord slides quickly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 ページ
...sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among the crew?" 6 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: ю The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands And, quick as... | |
 | 1908 - 376 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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 ページ
...sailors, tell me true 5 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: 10 The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as... | |
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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.... 
