The Seven SeasD. Appleton, 1896 - 209 páginas |
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... Sea - captain loved , the River built , Wealth sought and Kings adventured life to hold . Hail , England ! I am Asia - Power on silt , Death in my hands , but Gold ! Madras . Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes A Song of the English . II.
... Sea - captain loved , the River built , Wealth sought and Kings adventured life to hold . Hail , England ! I am Asia - Power on silt , Death in my hands , but Gold ! Madras . Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes A Song of the English . II.
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... ; Panting we waited the death , stealer and stolen , Yet ere they came to my lance laid for the slaughter , Lightly she leaped to a log lapped in the water ; Holding on high and apart skins that arrayed her , 18 THE FIRST CHANTEY.
... ; Panting we waited the death , stealer and stolen , Yet ere they came to my lance laid for the slaughter , Lightly she leaped to a log lapped in the water ; Holding on high and apart skins that arrayed her , 18 THE FIRST CHANTEY.
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... death by drowning , To the risk of a death by drouth— To the men of a million acres , To the Sons of the Golden South . To the Sons of the Golden South , ( Stand The Native - born . 49.
... death by drowning , To the risk of a death by drouth— To the men of a million acres , To the Sons of the Golden South . To the Sons of the Golden South , ( Stand The Native - born . 49.
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... death to lose both trip and ship And lie for a rotting contraband on Vladivostock slip ) . She turned and dived in the sea - smother as a rab- bit dives in the whins , And the Northern Light sent up her boats to steal The Rhyme of the ...
... death to lose both trip and ship And lie for a rotting contraband on Vladivostock slip ) . She turned and dived in the sea - smother as a rab- bit dives in the whins , And the Northern Light sent up her boats to steal The Rhyme of the ...
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... death , by force of Russian law To work in the mines of mercury that loose the teeth in your jaw ! ) They had not run a mile from shore - they heard no shots behind- When the skipper smote his hand on his thigh and threw her up in the ...
... death , by force of Russian law To work in the mines of mercury that loose the teeth in your jaw ! ) They had not run a mile from shore - they heard no shots behind- When the skipper smote his hand on his thigh and threw her up in the ...
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Página 145 - e might require, 'E went an' took — the same as me! The market-girls an fishermen, The shepherds an' the sailors, too, They 'eard old songs turn up again, But kep' it quiet — same as you! They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed. They didn't tell, nor make a fuss, But winked at 'Omer down the road, An' 'e winked back — the same as us!
Página 25 - Loud sang the souls of the jolly, jolly mariners, Plucking at their harps, and they plucked unhandily : ' Our thumbs are rough and tarred, And the tune is something hard — May we lift a Deepsea Chantey such as seamen use at sea?
Página 3 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Página 145 - Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took — the same as me I The market-girls an' fishermen, The shepherds an
Página 79 - And the tunes that mean so much to you alone Common tunes that make you choke and blow your nose Vulgar tunes that bring the laugh that brings the groan I can rip your very heartstrings out with those...
Página 173 - Oogli, Shy as a girl to begin; Aggie de Castrer she made me, An' Aggie was clever as sin; Older than me, but my first un— More like a mother she were— Showed me the way to promotion an' pay, An' I learned about women from 'er!
Página 10 - The wrecks dissolve above us ; their dust drops down from afar — Down to the dark, to the utter dark, where the blind white sea-snakes are There is no sound, no echo of sound, in the deserts of the deep, Or the great grey level plains of ooze where the shell-burred cables creep.
Página 125 - The cynic devil in his blood That bids him mock his hurrying soul; That bids him flout the Law he makes, That bids him make the Law he flouts...