Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts,— she moves,—... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5181851Full view - About this book
| John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...exulting, joyous bound She leaps into the ocean's arms 1 And lo ! from the assembled crowd , There rose a shout prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the snores and spurs. And see ! — she stirs ! She starts ! she moves ! she seems to feel The thrill...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms ! 2. And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
| Benjamin Blower - Liverpool (England) - 1878 - 158 pages
...vessel glides smoothly into the water, leaving a wide vacant space behind. " And see ! she stirs ! She starts, she moves, she seems to feel The thrill...exulting joyous bound, She leaps into the Ocean's arms ! " — Longfellow. Then the almost breathless silence is broken by the cheering of the excited spectators,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arius ! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1878 - 660 pages
...Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seams to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning...foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1878 - 422 pages
...below The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see ! she stirs ! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The...thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her feet the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms I " Take her, O bridegroom,... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...wed to express sentiment, lively, joyous, inipassaioiied and vehement. EXAMPLES. And see! she slirs! She starts — she moves — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, Ajul, spurning with her foot the ground, • \Vith one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's... | |
| George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 350 pages
...below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts — she moves — she seems to feel The...arms! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to say, " Take her, 0 bridegroom old and gray;... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1879 - 596 pages
...away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel 350 The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with...the ocean's arms! And lo! from the assembled crowd 355 There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to say, " Take her, O bridegroom,... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1879 - 480 pages
...the gods were borne and dwelt in endless joy. She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel 550 The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with...the ocean's arms! And lo! from the assembled crowd 355 There rose a shout, prolonged and loud, That to the ocean seemed to say, " Take her, O bridegroom,... | |
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