 At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars, And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose That still could keep afloat the struggling tars, For yet they strove, although of no great use: There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats...  A Memoir of the Late Captain Peter Heywood, R.N.: With Extracts from His ... - Sida 19efter Edward Tagart - 1832 - 332 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Sherwin Cody - 1905 - 628 sidor
...use. There was no light in heaven but a few stars ; The boats put off, o'er crowded with their crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. IB Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, — Then shrieked... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1906 - 488 sidor
...use : There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. LII Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 486 sidor
...use: There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off overcrowded with their crews; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. LIT Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 170 sidor
...use : There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. LII Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still... | |
 | 1910 - 356 sidor
...use : There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off o 'ercrowded with their crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. 52 Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1911 - 252 sidor
...use : There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews ; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. LII Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 sidor
...use: There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews ; ign o' in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the... | |
 | 1926 - 780 sidor
...loose, There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head foremost — sunk, in short. LII Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still... | |
 | Guy Noel Pocock - 1926 - 290 sidor
...use : There was no light in heaven but a few stars, The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews; She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And, going down head-foremost — sunk, in short. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shriek'd the... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1840 - 428 sidor
...went to prayers ;" but in an instant, and with a shock which sent a knell through every soul, — " She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port, And going down, head foremost, — sunk, in short." Now came the consummation of the scene ; but it baffles and beggars all description. Again... | |
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