The Island, Or Christian and His Comrades, Volume 236John Hunt, 1823 - 94 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 180 190 Above their naked bones , and ...
... 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 180 190 Above their naked bones , and ...
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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 ; Yet when their ashes in their nook are laid , Doth not the myrtle leave as sweet a shade ? Had Cæsar known but Cleopatra's kiss , Rome had been ...
... leaves no laurels o'er the hero's urn ; — These wither when for aught save blood they burn ; Yet when their ashes in their nook are laid , Doth not the myrtle leave as sweet a shade ? Had Cæsar known but Cleopatra's kiss , Rome had been ...
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... leave my comrades helpless on the shoal . My Neuha ! ah ! and must my fate pursue Not me alone , but one so sweet and true ? But whatsoe'er betide , ah , Neuha ! now Unman me not ; the hour will not allow A tear ; I am thine whatever ...
... leave my comrades helpless on the shoal . My Neuha ! ah ! and must my fate pursue Not me alone , but one so sweet and true ? But whatsoe'er betide , ah , Neuha ! now Unman me not ; the hour will not allow A tear ; I am thine whatever ...
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Adventure Bay anchor arms bark bayonet beneath billows Bligh boat boatswain bore born bosom bread breast bride cabin canoe Cape Cape Horn CAPTAIN BLIGH cave chace cheer Chief clime clouds crag crew cutlass dark death deck deemed deep drew earth echo eternal exclaimed feelings fire Fletcher Christian flings foam foresail fruit gale gazed GEORGE NICHOLS glory hailed hands HARVARD COLLEGE heard heart hope hour isle land Mariner's Account master mate mutineers native Nature Nature's Nereid Neuha night nought nursling o'er ocean OLD BOND STREET once Otaheite pause pipe plantain plunged proa prow rest rock rose round sail Saturnalia savage scarce seamen seemed shell Shewed ship ship's company shore smile soul spirit spray steep stood surf taught third watch thou toil Tonga Islands Toobonai Torquil voyage wafted watch wave wild wind young
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Page 32 - Highlands' swelling blue 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...
Page 38 - 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 90 - 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 13 - The tender nautilus, who steers his prow, The sea-born sailor of his shell canoe, The ocean Mab, the fairy of the sea, Seems far less fragile, and, alas ! more frae.
Page 17 - Where none contest the fields, the woods, the streams: — The goldless age, where gold disturbs no dreams, Inhabits or inhabited the shore, Till Europe taught them better than before; Bestow'd her customs, and amended theirs, But left her vices also to their heirs.
Page 41 - 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...
Page 87 - I observed that it was rapidly advancing towards the ship. We immediately altered our course, and took in all the sails except the foresail; soon after which it passed within ten yards of the stern, with a rustling noise, but without our feeling the least effect from its being so near.
Page 92 - When they were forcing me out of the ship, I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship? He appeared disturbed at my question, and answered with much emotion, "That, — Captain Bligh, — that is the thing ; — I am in hell— I am in hell.
Page 91 - Come, captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
Page 9 - The freedom which can call each grot a home; The general garden, where all steps may roam, Where Nature owns a nation as her child, Exulting in the enjoyment of the wild; Their shells, their fruits, the only...