 | 1874 - 588 trang
...and philosopher, pious and heroic in life and death, sank amid the dark waves of the Atlantic : • " He sat upon the deck, THE BOOK was in his hand : '...Heaven is as near, ' He said, ' by water as by land. ' " In the first watch of the night, Without a signal's sound, Out of the sea mysteriously , The fleet... | |
 | Thomas Frost - 1874 - 366 trang
...land-wind failed, And ice-cold grew the night ; And never more, on sea or shore, Should Sir Humphrey see the light. He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his...hand; ' Do not fear ! Heaven is as near," He said, 'by sea as by land.'" The attempt to discover a north-west passage was renewed iu 1585 by John Davis, who... | |
 | English explorers - 1875 - 680 trang
...land-wind failed, And ice-cold grew the night ; And never more, on sea or shore. Should Sir Humphrey see the light. He sat upon the deck. The Book was in his hand ; '' Do not fear 1 Heaven is as near," He said, "by water as by land 1 " ' 'The zeal and ability exerted by Frobisher... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 314 trang
...land-wind failed, And ice-cold grew the night ; And never more, on sea or shore, Should Sir Humphrey see the light. " He sat upon the deck, The Book was in...Heaven is as near,' He said, ' by water as by land.' " In the first watch of the night, Without a signal's sound, 1 10 A LOFTY SENTIMENT. Out of the sea... | |
 | 1882 - 540 trang
...Raleigh, 'most fearless of death,' and is well known to English readers of Longfellow's ballad :— ' He sat upon the deck, The book was in his hand : "...Heaven is as near," He said, "by water as by land."' Drake's ' Famous Voyage ' in the ' Golden Hind ' is one of the most attractive scenes ; and from its... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 408 trang
...land-wind failed, And ice-cold grew the night ; And nevermore, on sea or shore, Should Sir Humphrey see the light. He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his...Heaven is as near," He said, " by water as by land ! " In the first watch of the night, Without a signal's sound, Out of the sea, mysteriously, The fleet... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 314 trang
...land-wind failed, And ice-cold grew the night; And nevermore, on sea or shore, Should Sir Humphrey see the light. He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his...Heaven is as near," He said, " by water as by land ! " In the first watch of the night, Without a signal's sound, Out of the sea, mysteriously, The fleet... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 446 trang
...land-wind failed, And ice-cold grew the night ; And nevermore, on sea or shore, Should Sir Humphrey see the light. He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his...fear ! Heaven is as near," He said, "by water as by Und ! " In the first watch of the night, Without a signal's sound, Out of the sea, mysteriously. The... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1877 - 478 trang
...resume him unto Himself, whither both his and every other high and noble mind have always aspired." " He sat upon the deck ; The book was in his hand ;...heaven is as near,' He said, ' by water as by land ! ' " Nor should we forget Sir Eichard Grenville, vice-admiral of the fleet, another relative of Ealeigh's,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 trang
...land-wind failed, And ice-cold grew the night ; And never more, on sea or shore, Should Sir Humphrey see the light. He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his hand ; " Do not fear ! Heaven is near," He said, "by water as by land !" In the first watch of the night, Without a signal's sound,... | |
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He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his hand ; " Do not fear ! Heaven is as near... 
