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" She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. "
Drifting Round the World: A Boy's Adventure by Sea and Land - Page 10
by Charles Winslow Hall - 1880 - 372 pages
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The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal of ..., Volume 1

1842 - 498 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. The rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went...
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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 8

1842 - 818 pages
...ballad is vivid nd touching in the highest degree. How striking are the comparisons in this verse ; She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry hull. "To the River Charles, "is as sweet and pleasant a string of...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went...
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Poems, Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went...
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Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went...
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The Wilmingtons: A Novel, Volume 2

Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1850 - 312 pages
...expect to be in this life. And this ends part the second of my story. PART III. CHAPTER I. She strtick where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. LONGFELLOW. THE captain paced the deck, looking up from time...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...carded wool ; But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went...
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The American Whig Review, Volumes 13-14

1851 - 1220 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew, Like icicles, from her deck. " She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side, Like the horns of an angry bull. " Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked...as carded wool, But the cruel rocks they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds all sheathed in ice, With the masts went...
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