...Gainstield lay down upon the deck in thorough despair. Cecilia had only Luke Jones to comfort her. " And ever the fitful Gusts between A sound came from...sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea sand : The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow...

...pray'd That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It...

...prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stdll'd the wave On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land; It was...

...in its strength ; She shuddered and pawed, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe." It would merely be doing justice to our author, to quote more extensively from his ballad poetry, but...

...LONGFELLOW well understands the force of our simple vernacular expressions. Observe the following : 1 And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from...sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard soa-sand.' ' She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft an carded wool ; But the cruel...

...in its strength ; She shuddered and pawed, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Lake o sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe." It would merely be doing...

...pmyed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who still'd the wave On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept, Toward the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from the land ; It...

...prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of HIM who stilled the waves On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the bark swept on Towards the reef of " Norman's Woe." Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With...

...That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the waves, On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf,...

...prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ who stilled the wave, On the lake of Galilee. And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through...the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. T;iE TREASURES OF THE DEEP. 175 And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; It was...