The Seven SeasD. Appleton, 1896 - 209 páginas |
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... holds fast , The well - forged link rings true ! Capetown . Hail ! Snatched and bartered oft from hand to hand , I dream my dream , by rock and heath and pine , Of Empire to the northward . Ay , one land From Lion's Head to Line ...
... holds fast , The well - forged link rings true ! Capetown . Hail ! Snatched and bartered oft from hand to hand , I dream my dream , by rock and heath and pine , Of Empire to the northward . Ay , one land From Lion's Head to Line ...
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... holds , in spite o ' knock and scale , o ' friction , waste an ' slip , An ' by that light - now , mark my word - we'll build the Perfect Ship . I'll never last to judge her lines or take her curve- not I. But I ha ' lived an ' I ha ...
... holds , in spite o ' knock and scale , o ' friction , waste an ' slip , An ' by that light - now , mark my word - we'll build the Perfect Ship . I'll never last to judge her lines or take her curve- not I. But I ha ' lived an ' I ha ...
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... Hold him who scorns our hutted piers . Lost hills whereby we dare not dwell , Guard ye his rest . Romance , farewell ! " ' Farewell , Romance ! " the Soldier spoke ; " By sleight of sword we may not win , But scuffle ' mid uncleanly ...
... Hold him who scorns our hutted piers . Lost hills whereby we dare not dwell , Guard ye his rest . Romance , farewell ! " ' Farewell , Romance ! " the Soldier spoke ; " By sleight of sword we may not win , But scuffle ' mid uncleanly ...
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... holds to fill , And I'll be good to your seal this catch , as many as I shall kill . " ' Answered the snap of a closing lock and the jar of a gun - butt slid , But the tender fog shut fold on fold to hide the wrong they did . The ...
... holds to fill , And I'll be good to your seal this catch , as many as I shall kill . " ' Answered the snap of a closing lock and the jar of a gun - butt slid , But the tender fog shut fold on fold to hide the wrong they did . The ...
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... hold their peace . And one called out on a heathen joss and one on the Virgin's Name ; And the schooling bullet leaped across and showed them whence they came . And in the waiting silences the rudder whined be- neath , And each man drew ...
... hold their peace . And one called out on a heathen joss and one on the Virgin's Name ; And the schooling bullet leaped across and showed them whence they came . And in the waiting silences the rudder whined be- neath , And each man drew ...
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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...