 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...t'velve feet 'bove deck: A leak beneath the chest-tree's sprung out ; Call all hands to clear the wreck. Quick, the lanyards cut to pieces ; Come, my hearts,...o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for wives and children mourn; Alas ! from hence there's no retreating ; Alas ! to them there's no return. Still... | |
 | 1857 - 280 pages
...leak beneath the chest-tree's sprung out — Call all hands to clear the wreck ! Quick, the halyards cut to pieces — Come, my hearts, be stout and bold...the leak increases — Four feet water in the hold! " SLOW. While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for wives and children mourn, Alas ! from hence... | |
 | 1857 - 468 pages
...Come, my hearts, be stout and bold; Plumb the boiler, speed decreases, Four feet water getting cold. While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for...mourn; Alas! from hence there's no retreating; Alas! to them there's no return. The fire is out—we've burst the bellows, The tinder-box is swamped below;... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 494 pages
...Come, my hearts, be stout and bold ; Plumb the boiler, speed decreases, Four feet water getting cold. While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for wives or children mourn ; Alas ! from hence there 's no retreating ; Alas ! to them there ?s no return. The fire is out — we 've burst the bellows,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1862 - 560 pages
...Come, my hearts, be stout and bold ; Plumb the boiler, speed decreases, Four feet water getting cold. While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, "We for wives or children mourn ; Alas ! from hence there 's no retreating ; Alas ! to them there 's no return. The fire is out — we 've burst the bellows,... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...tree's sprung out — Call all hands to clear the wreck ! Quick the lanyards cut to pieces — Come, tny hearts, be stout and bold ! Plumb the well — the...o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for wives and children mourn ; Alas ! from hence there's no retreating, Alas ! to them there's no return. Still... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1863 - 366 pages
...twelve feet 'bove deck ; A leak beneath the chest-tree's sprung out. Call all hands to clear the wreck ; Quick the lanyards cut to pieces ; Come, my hearts,...hold ! While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We our wives and children mourn ; Alas ! from hence there's no retreating, Alas ! to them there's no return... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1863 - 296 pages
...Come, my hearts, be stout and bold ; Plumb the boiler, speed decreases, Four feet water getting cold. While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for wives or children mourn ; Alas ! from hence there 's no retreating ; Alas ! to them there 's no return. The fire is out — we 've burst the bellows,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...let the guns o'erboard be thrown ; to the pump let every hand, boys ; see! our mizen-mast is gone. While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, we for wives or children mourn ; alas ! from hence there 's no retreating, alas! to them there's no return. Still the leak is gaining on us ; both chain-pumps... | |
 | 1866 - 350 pages
...Come, my hearts, be stout and bold ; Plumb the boiler, speed decreases, Four feet water getting cold. While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for wives or children mourn ; Alas ! from hence there 's no retreating ; Alas ! to them there 's no return. The fire is out — we 've burst the bellows,... | |
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While o'er the ship wild waves are beating, We for wives or children mourn : Alas ! from hence there's no retreating, Alas ! to them there's no return. Still the leak is gaining on us : Both chain-pumps are choak'd below. 
