 IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 1081840Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 702 pages
...COBBLER PHYSICIAN, OR THE WELL OF DEATH ! WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. A BALLAD. BT HENBY W. LONGFELLOW. IT was the schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had ta'en hie little daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax. Her cheeks like the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were...as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, The skipper he stood beside the helm, With his pipe in his mouth, And watched how the veering flaw... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 pages
...orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. I fcTHE WKECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like... | |
 | 1842 - 506 pages
...and yet we must say, we have rarely or never in " these latter days," seen it surpassed in kind : " It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. " Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. : Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 130 pages
...steel ; Down her black hulk did reel Through the black water ! — *— THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, " As, with his... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1847 - 136 pages
...THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were...fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn-buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, With... | |
 | Marlborough coll, mus. soc - 1860 - 104 pages
...with glee, If only one were here with me ! l, "Thewreck of the Hesperus," Hatlon REV. R. DUCKWORTH. It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry...had ta'en his little daughter, To bear him company. 6 Blue were her eyes, as the fairy-flax. Her checks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...orthography of the word, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...warrior's soul, Skoal ! to the Northland ! skoal /" — Thus the tale ended. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like... | |
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