| Andrew Steinmetz - 1867 - 460 pages
...the old moon, stormy weather is foreboded. Great confidence is placed in this old prognostic: — " I saw the new moon late yestreen ' Wi' the auld moon...we gang to sea, Master, I fear we'll come to harm." Sir Patrick Spens. Saturation of vapour in the upper regions of the atmosphere is the cause of this... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1867 - 460 pages
...Great confidence is placed in this old prognostic : — " I saw the new moon late yestreen Wi' the aukl moon in her arm, And if we gang to sea, Master, I fear we-ll come to harm." Sir Patrick Spens. Saturation of vapour in the upper regions of the atmosphere is the cause of this... | |
| James Campbell - 1867 - 468 pages
...ever alack, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. * As will suffice. J The eighth part of a peck. " I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And I fear, I fear, my master dear, That we shall come to harm ! " They hadna sail'da league, a league,... | |
| Ballads - 1867 - 638 pages
...me. •Suffice. *The eighth part of a peck. " Make ready, make ready, my merry men a' I Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! cf I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And, if we gang to sea, master,... | |
| James Maidment - 1868 - 388 pages
...o' gude red gowd, Out cure the sea wi' me. " Make ready, make ready, my merrymen a' ! Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake ! my master dear,...we gang to 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... | |
| James Maidment - 1868 - 584 pages
...with me." " Be't wind or weet, be't snaw or sleet, Our ships maun sail the morn." " 0 ever alack ! my Master dear, I fear a deadly storm." I saw the...late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm . And if ye gang to sea, maister, I fear we'll suffer harm." They had na sailed a league on sea, A league but... | |
| John S. Roberts - 1868 - 674 pages
...* Next. f Served. } The eighth of a peck. / " Mak ready, mak ready, my merry men a', Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deidly storm. " I saw the new moon late yestreen,* \Vi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to... | |
| Scottish border - 1869 - 624 pages
...of gude red goud, Out o'er the sea wi' me. " Make ready, make ready, my merrymen a' ! Our gude ship sails the morn," — " Now, ever alake, my master...arm ; And, if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll cor 1 come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 528 pages
...half-fou o' gude red gowd Out owre the sea wi' me. 'Make haste, make haste, my merry men a', Our gude ship sails the morn.' ' Now ever alake, my master dear,...late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And I fear, and I fear, my dear master, That we will come to harm.' ' Betide me weel, betide me wae, This... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...ready, make ready, my merry-men a'I Our gude ship sails the morn." — "Now. ever alnko. my master dear, I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sail'da U ague, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind... | |
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