 | John Aikin - 1774 - 316 pages
...true If my fweet WILLIAM fails among your crew ? WILLIAM, who high upon the yard Rock'd by the billows to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd and caft his eyes below ; The cord glides fwiftly thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he Hands. So So the fweet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 372 pages
...true-love find ? Tell me, ye jovial failors, tell me true, 3f my fweet William fails among the crew. William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow...heard, He figh'd, and caft his eyes below: The cord Hides fwiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he fUnds. So the fweet... | |
 | 1781 - 384 pages
...Does my Tweet William fail among the crew? William, who high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to and fro; Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd, and caft his eyes below. The cord Hides fwiftly thro' his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he ftands. So the fweet... | |
 | Humming bird - 1785 - 440 pages
...If my iweet William TaiU among your crew ? W\H\am, who high upon the yard, Rtrck'd with the Ml ows to and fro, Soon as 'her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd, and caft his eyes below ; The coids fly fwiftly thro' his glowing hand«, And quick' ai light'ning on the deck he {lands, So the... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...true-love find? Tell me, ye jovial failors, tell me true, If шу Tweet William fails among the crew. William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow to and fro, Soon a; her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd, and oft his eye-, below : The cord (lides fwiftly through... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pages
...true-love find ? Tell me, ye jovial failors, tell me true, If my fweet William fails among the crew. William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow...Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd, and cad his eyes below : The cord fiide» fwiftly through hi» glowing hand«, Aud (quick as lightning)... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...аь her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd, and call his eyes below ; "he coul glides fwiftlv thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he Hands. So the fv.'cct lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts doiuhis pinions to his bread, .' If chance his mate's ihrill... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1796 - 292 pages
...voice. William, who high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to and fro, Again in a fofter tone. Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He figh'd, and caft his eyes below;The cord glides fwiftly thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he (lands.... | |
 | 1797 - 420 pages
...truelove find ! : Tell me, ye jovial Sailors ! tell me true, If my sweet William sails among the crew. n. William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow...and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh '<!, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly thro' his glowing hands, And (quick as... | |
 | 1814 - 640 pages
...Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sighed, and cast his eyes below: The cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as light'ning on the deck he stands. III. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance... | |
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest.... 
