 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...fire.— A thousand times he swore. He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip, And her...boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. And so she came tearin' along that night — The oldest craft on the line — With a nigger squat on hei safetyvalve,... | |
 | 1871 - 808 páginas
...picturesque. What can be more effective than the account of the cause of the fire on the Prairie Belle ? — " All boats has their day on the Mississip, And her...safety-valve, And her furnace crammed, rosin and pine." There is twice as much vividness in that verse, as in the by no means bad picture of " the nigger squat... | |
 | John Milton Hay - 1871 - 196 páginas
...fire — A thousand times he swore, He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip, And her...boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. And so come tearin' along that night — The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safety valve,... | |
 | John Hay - 1871 - 188 páginas
...fire, — A thousand times he swore, He 'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip, And her...The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she would n't be passed. And so she come tearin' along that night — The oldest craft on the line —... | |
 | 1877 - 604 páginas
...— A thousand times he swore He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. • All boats has their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last — The Movaster was a better boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. And so she come tearin' along that... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - 1878 - 510 páginas
...fire — A thousand times he swore, He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip, And her...boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed ; And so come tearin' along that night — The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safet","... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1884 - 956 páginas
...the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip', And her day came at last — The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle, she wouldn't be passed, And so came tarin' along that night, The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safety-valve,... | |
 | 1888 - 344 páginas
...thousand times he swore, He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats have their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last....boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed ; And so come tearin' along that night, — The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squit on her safety... | |
 | William De Vere - 1885 - 176 páginas
...the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip', And her day came at last — The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle, she wouldn't be passed, And so came tearin' along that night, The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safety-valve,... | |
 | John Hay - 1885 - 198 páginas
...fire, — A thousand times he swore, He 'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last, — yi The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she would n't be passed. And so she come tearin'... | |
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And this was all the religion he had: To treat his engine well; Never be passed on the river; To mind the pilot's bell: And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire — A thousand times he swore He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore.... 
