The Island: Or Christian and His ComradesE. Duyckinck, 1823 - 89 pages |
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... leaves to creep With crazy oar and shattered strength along The tide that yields reluctant to the strong ; The incessant fever of that arid thirst Which welcomes , as a well , the clouds that burst Above their naked bones , and feels ...
... leaves to creep With crazy oar and shattered strength along The tide that yields reluctant to the strong ; The incessant fever of that arid thirst Which welcomes , as a well , the clouds that burst Above their naked bones , and feels ...
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... leave them to their fate , but not unknown Nor unredrest ! Revenge may have her own : Roused discipline aloud proclaims their cause , And injured navies urge their broken laws . Pursue we on his track the mutineer , Whom distant ...
... leave them to their fate , but not unknown Nor unredrest ! Revenge may have her own : Roused discipline aloud proclaims their cause , And injured navies urge their broken laws . Pursue we on his track the mutineer , Whom distant ...
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... leaves no record to the sceptic eye , But yields young History all to harmony ; A boy Achilles , with the Centaur's lyre In hand , to teach him to surpass his sire . For one long - cherished ballad's simple stave , Rung from the rock ...
... leaves no record to the sceptic eye , But yields young History all to harmony ; A boy Achilles , with the Centaur's lyre In hand , to teach him to surpass his sire . For one long - cherished ballad's simple stave , Rung from the rock ...
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... leaves no laurels o'er the hero's urn ; - These wither when for aught save blood they burn ; a mountain , in the Malvern Hills . After I returned to Chelten- ham , I used to watch them every afternoon at sunset , with a sen- sation ...
... leaves no laurels o'er the hero's urn ; - These wither when for aught save blood they burn ; a mountain , in the Malvern Hills . After I returned to Chelten- ham , I used to watch them every afternoon at sunset , with a sen- sation ...
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... leave as sweet a shade ? Had Cæsar known but Cleopatra's kiss , Rome had been free , the world had not been his . And what have Cæsar's deeds , and Cæsar's fame Done for the earth ? We feel them in our shame : The gory sanction of his ...
... leave as sweet a shade ? Had Cæsar known but Cleopatra's kiss , Rome had been free , the world had not been his . And what have Cæsar's deeds , and Cæsar's fame Done for the earth ? We feel them in our shame : The gory sanction of his ...
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Adventure Bay anchor arms bark bayonet beneath billows Bligh blood boat boatswain bore born bosom bread breast bride cabin canoe CANTO Cape Cape Horn CAPTAIN BLIGH cave chace cheer Chief clime clouds crag crew cutlass dark death deck deemed deep desert drew earth echo eternal exclaimed feelings Fletcher Christian flings foam foes foresail fruit gale gazed glory grave gunner's mate hailed hands Hannibal heard heart hope hour isle land master mate mutineers native Nature's Nereid Nero Neuha nigh night nought nursling o'er ocean once Otaheite pause pipe plunged proa prow rest rock rose round sail Saturnalia savage scarce sea-bird's seamen seemed shell ship ship's company shore smile soul spirit spray steep stood surf taught Thermopyla third watch Thou Tofoa toil Tonga Islands Toobonai Torquil voyage wafted wave weather wild wind young
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Page 29 - How often we forget all time, when lone, Admiring Nature's universal throne, Her woods, her wilds, her waters, the intense Reply of hers to our intelligence ! Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit ? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears ? No, no ; they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 32 - Sublime tobacco ! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides ; Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand, Though not less loved, in Wapping or the Strand ; Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe, When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe ; Like other charmers, wooing the caress More dazzlingly when daring in full dress ; Yet thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties...
Page 70 - Otaheite', was frequently heard /among the mutineers. Christian, the chief of the mutineers, is of a respectable family in the north of England. This was the third voyage he had made with me; and, as I found it necessary to keep my ship's company at three watches, I had given him an order to take charge of the third, his abilities being thoroughly equal to the task; and by this means the master and gunner were not at watch and watch.
Page 67 - Just before sunrise, on Tuesday morning, while I was yet asleep, Mr. Christian, with the master at arms, gunner's mate, and Thomas Burkitt, seaman, came into my cabin, and seizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back ; threatening me with instant death if I spoke or made the least noise.
Page 9 - Yet still there whispers the small voice within, Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din : Whatever creed be taught, or land be trod, Man's conscience is the oracle of God.
Page 68 - I saw had an inclination to assist me, and as he fed me with shaddock (my lips being quite parched), we explained our wishes to each other by our looks; but this being observed, Martin was removed from me.
Page 67 - The boatswain and carpenter, and also the clerk, were allowed to come on deck, where they saw me standing abaft the mizen-mast, with my hands tied behind my back, under a guard, with Christian at their head. The boatswain was then ordered to hoist out the launch, accompanied by a threat, if he did not do it instantly, TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.
Page 68 - I therefore made another effort to bring about a change, but with no other effect than to be threatened with having my brains blown out. ' The boatswain and seamen who were to go in the boat were allowed to collect twine, canvas, lines, sails, cordage, an eight-and-twenty gallon cask of water ; and Mr. Samuel got 150 pounds of bread, with a small quantity of rum and wine, also a quadrant and compass...
Page 25 - Will love each peak that shows a kindred hue, Hail in each crag a friend's familiar face, And clasp the mountain in his mind's embrace. Long have I roam'd through lands which are not mine.
Page 15 - And we will sit in twilight's face, and see The sweet moon glancing through the tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below ; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle with rocky giants o'er the main, Which spurn in columns back the baffled spray. How beautiful are these ! how happy they, Who from the toil and tumult of their lives, Steal to look down where nought but Ocean strives ! Even he too loves at times the blue lagoon, And smoothes...