 | 1858 - 602 str.
...plunging sea j And my shoulder stiff to the wheel flay, As I answer, " AYE, AYE, SIB! HA-ARD A-LEE!" With the swerving leap of a startled steed The ship...spanker slats, and the mainsail flaps, And thunders the order,"TACEs AND SHEETS!" 'Mid the rattle of blocks and the tramp of the Hisses the rain of the rushing... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 str.
...plunging sea ; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, "AY, AY, sin ! HAI:I> A LEE ! " ork ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof ! And...Till the stars shine through the roof ! It's, 0, slaps and the mainsail flaps, And thunders the order, "TACKS ANDSHEETS!" 'Mid the rattle of blocks... | |
 | 1872 - 900 str.
...shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, "AY, AY, SIB ! HARD A LEE !" With the swerving leap of я is name, complaining loud, And dropping bitter tears against his slaps and the mainsail flaps, And thunders the order, "TACKS AND SHEETS !" 'Hid the rattle of blocks... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 str.
...plunging sea; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, "Ay, ay, air! Ha-a-rd a lee ! " With the swerving leap of a startled steed The ship...mainsail flaps ; And thunders the order, " Tacks and sheets ! " 'Mid the rattle of blocks and the tramp of the crew, Hisses the rain of the rushing squall:... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 str.
...plunging sen ; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, "Ay, ay, sir! Ha-a-rd a lee!" With the swerving leap of a startled steed The ship...cleats ; The spanker slats, and the mainsail flaps ; Aud thundi'is the order, "Tacks and sheets!" Mid the rattle of blocks and the tramp of the crew,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 str.
...shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, Aa1 answer, "Ay, ay, sir/ Ha-n-nl With the swerving leap of .1 stanled steed The ship flies fast in the eye of the wind....slats, and the mainsail flaps ; And thunders the order, " Tacke and sheets ! " 'Mid the rattle of blocks and the tramp of the crew, Hisses the rain of the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 str.
...plunging sea ; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay. As I answer, "Ay, ay, sir! Ila-a-nl alee!" With the swerving leap of a startled steed The ship...white we have left behind. The topsails flutter, the jihs collapse, And belly and tug at the groaning cleats ; The spanker slats, and the mainsail flaps;... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 str.
...plunging sen ; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, "Ay, at/, fir! lla-a-rd a lee!" With the swerving leap of a startled steed The ship...white we have left behind. The topsails flutter, the jihs collapse, And belly and tug at the groaning cleats ; The spanker shits, and the mainsail flaps... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 str.
...plunging sen ; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, "Ay, ay, air! Ha-a-rd a Ice!" With the swerving leap of a startled steed The ship...mainsail flaps ; And thunders the order, "Tacks and Mid the rattle of blocks and the tramp of- the crew, Hisses the rain of the rusliing squall : The sails... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 str.
...plunging sea ; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel 1 lay,As I answer, " AY, AY, sin ! HAKD A LEE ! " With the swerving leap of a startled steed The ship...in the eye of the wind, The dangerous shoals on the Ice recede, And the headland white we have left behind. The topsails flutter, the jibs collapse And... | |
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As my weight on the whirling spokes I throw, While heaven grows black with the storm-cloud's frown. High o'er the knight-heads flies the spray, As we meet the shock of the plunging sea; And my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay, As I answer, "Ay, ay, sir! 
