THE SHIP-BUILDERS. THE sky is ruddy in the east, The earth is gray below, And, spectral in the river-mist, The ship's white timbers show. Then let the sounds of measured stroke And grating saw begin ; The... Songs of Labor, and Other Poems - Página 13por John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 127 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1846 - 506 páginas
...Constitutional Reform movement in the State of Now- York. SONGS OF LABOR — No. IV. THE SHIP-BUILDERS. THE sky is ruddy in the East, The earth is gray below, And, spectral in the river-mist Our bare, white timbers show. Up ! — let the sounds of measured stroke And grating saw begin : The... | |
| Robert Smith - 1846 - 434 páginas
...life-could be greatly mitigated or prevented. — Bangor paper. THE SHIP-BUILDERS. BY JO WHITTIER. The sky is ruddy in the East, The earth is gray below, And, spectral in the river mist Our bare, white timbers show. Up ! — let the sounds of measured stroke And grating saw... | |
| 1846 - 500 páginas
...movement in the State of New- York. SONGS OF LABOR. — No. IV. THE SHIP-BUILDERS. THE sky is rnddy in the East, The earth is gray below, And, spectral in the river-mist Our bare, white timbers show. Up ! — let the sounds of measured stroke And grating saw begin : The... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 páginas
...strength, our country's shield, They keep her flag from soiling. THE SHIP-BUILDERS. JO WHITTIER. THE sky is ruddy in the east, The earth is gray below, And spectral in the river mist Our bare white timbers show. Up ! — let the sounds of measured stroke And grating saw... | |
| Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 páginas
...sky is ruddy in the east, The ship's white timbers show. Then let the sounds of measured stro'aAnd grating saw begin ; The broad-axe to the gnarled oak,...the pin! Hark !—roars the bellows, blast on blast! Are fading with the stars. All day for us the smith shall stand The sooty smithy jars, And fire-sparks... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 páginas
...with the poor, In labor, as in prayer, fulfilling the same law. SONGS OP LABOR. THE SHIP-BUILDERS. THE sky is ruddy in the East, The earth is gray below,...broad-axe to the gnarled oak, The mallet to the pin 1 Hark ! — roars the bellows, blast on blast, The sooty smithy jars, And fire-sparks, rising far... | |
| Choice poems - 1862 - 368 páginas
...shore, For gladness and the light, Where birds of summer sing. John G. Whittier. THE SHIP-BUILDERS. THE sky is ruddy in the east, The earth is gray below,...sounds of measured stroke And grating saw begin ; The broad axe to the gnarled oak, The mallet to the pin ! Hark ! roars the bellows, blast on blast, The... | |
| 1867 - 632 páginas
...as last year's flowers come back this spring ! " SOKG- OF THE SHIP-BUILDER. BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. THE sky is ruddy in the East, The earth is gray below,...broad-axe to the gnarled oak, The mallet to the pin 1 Hark !'— roars the bellows, blast on blast, The sooty smithy jars, And fire-sparks, rising far... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 páginas
...with the poor, In l&bor, as in prayer, fulfilling the same law SONGS OF LABOR. THE SHIP-BUILDEKS. THE sky is ruddy in the East, The earth is gray below,...sounds of measured stroke And grating saw begin ; The broad-a*e to the gnarled oak, The mallet to the pin ! Hark !-— roars the bellows, blast on blast,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 506 páginas
...river-mist. The иhip's whit'; timhers show. Then let the sonnds of measored stroke day The hroad-a« to the gnarled oak, The mallet to the pin ! Hark ! — roars the hellows, hlast on hlast. The sooty smithy jars. And fire-sparks, rising far and fast, Are fading with... | |
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