It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile ; At sunrise... A guide to the coasts of Devon & Cornwall - Página 460por Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1859Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1859 - 578 páginas
...words, ' being as it were tired with carrying them, and the ocean groaning under their weight ' : — ' Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall ; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgcumbe's lofty hall ; Many a light fishing bark put out to pry along the coast, And with loose rein... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 472 páginas
...as he called the pretty young heathen wife he had left behind him ic VVaally's country. CHAPTER XVI "Forthwith a guard at every gun Was placed along the wall ; The beacon blazed upon the roof Of Edgecombe's lofty hall ; And many a fishing bark put out, To pry along the coast ; And with loose rein,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 páginas
...words, ' being as it were tired with carrying them, and the ocean groaning under their weight':— ' Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgcnmbe's lofty hall; Many a light fishing bark put out to pry along the coast, And with loose rein... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 584 páginas
...words, ' being as it were tired with carrying them, and the ocean groaning under their weight ' : — ' Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall ; The beacon blazed upon the roiif of Edgcumbe's lofty hall ; Many a light fishing bark put out to pry along the coast, And with... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 páginas
...summer's day, There .came a gallant merchant ship, full sail to Plymouth Bay; The crew had seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight,...along the wall, The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecombe's lofty hall ; Many a light fishing bark put out, to pry along the coast ; And with loose... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 páginas
...merchant ship full sail to Plymouth bay ; The crew had seen Castile's* black fleet, beyond Aurigny'st isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves, lie heaving...along the wall ; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecombe's lofty hall ; Many a light fishing bark put out, to pry along the coast ; And with loose... | |
| Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 páginas
...summer's day, There came a gallant merchant ship, full sail to Plymouth bay; The crew had seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight,...along the wall; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecombe's lofty hall; Many a light fishing bark put out, to pry along the coast; And with loose rein,... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 páginas
...summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight,...at every gun was placed along the wall ; The beacon bla/ed upon the roof of Kdgecumbe's Icft.y ball; Many a light fishing-bark put out to pry along the... | |
| Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 páginas
...summer's day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile ; At sunset she escaped their van, by God's especial grace ; And the tall Pinta, till the noon, had held... | |
| Selections - 1863 - 192 páginas
...summer's day , There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth bay; The crew had seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight,...was placed along the wall ; The beacon blazed upon thereof of Edgecombe's lofty hall; Many a light fishing-bark put out, to pry along the coast ; And... | |
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