Pen and pencil pictures from the poets . PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES FROM THE POETS. 39 The Wreck of the Hesperus. ^ T was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ;p\ And the skipper had taken his httle bear him company. Bhie were her eyes as the lairy-tlax,Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds,That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth,And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now west, now soutlu Then up and spake an old sailor,Had sailed the Spanish Main, I pray
Pen and pencil pictures from the poets . PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES FROM THE POETS. 39 The Wreck of the Hesperus. ^ T was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ;p\ And the skipper had taken his httle bear him company. Bhie were her eyes as the lairy-tlax,Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds,That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth,And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now west, now soutlu Then up and spake an old sailor,Had sailed the Spanish Main, I pray thee, put into yonder I fear a hurricane. Last night the moon had a golden ring,And to-night no moon we see ! The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe,And a scornful laugh laughed he. 40 PEX AND PENCIL PICTURES FROM THE POETS. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east;The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amani The vessel in its strength;She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped a cables length. Come hither !
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