 | 1895 - 588 páginas
...of the advancing cyclone, as the old ballad-monger properly expressed it : — ' I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi" the auld moon in her arm ; And,...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' But the portent is special to these latitudes ; further south — at Malta, for instance — the phenomenon... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 páginas
...sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm ! t " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; "...sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - 1806 - 388 páginas
...ships maun sail the morn." " O ever alack ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. " I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll suffer harm." They hadna sailed a league on sea, A league but barely ane, Till anchors brak, and tap-masts... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 páginas
...sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm; " And,...gang to sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." • Gane—Suffice. f Half-fou—l\\e eighth part of a peck. They hadna sail'da league, a league, A... | |
 | 1863 - 376 páginas
...foreboded. Great confidence is placed in this old prognostic : " I saw the new moon late yestreen AV'i' the auld moon in her arm, And if we gang to sea, master, I f'uar we'll come to harm." — Sir Patrick Spens. (6.) Haloes predict a storm (rain and wind, or snow... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 páginas
...ship sails the morn." "Now, ever alake! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! "I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if...sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud... | |
 | William Motherwell - 1827 - 566 páginas
...sails the morn." " Now, ever alake ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And...sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud... | |
 | 1829 - 432 páginas
...I hear ye lie ; For, sin' I hae seen your face this nicht, The land I will never see !" They had na sail'da league, a league, A league, but barely three,...dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. « A half-peck. The anchors brak, and the tap-masts lap, It was sic a deidly storm ; And the waves... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - 1829 - 460 páginas
...ship maun sail, the morn. 0 ever alack ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. 1 saw the new moon late yest'reen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we '11 suffer harm. They hadna' sailed a league on sea, A league but barely one, of year;" which the... | |
 | 1841 - 956 páginas
...in an ancient ballad, entitled " Sir Patrick Spens," of Scottish history: — " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ! And...we gang to sea master, I fear we'll come to harm." NOTES ON TRINIDAD IN 1803. — By Capt. GH Columbine, RN (Concluded from p. 593.) THE CURRENTS. —... | |
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Now ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm. 
