The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 471
Then up and spake an old sailor.Had sailed the Spanish Main, I pray thee put into yonder port.For I fear the hurricane. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea;And the skipper had taken his little daughter. To bear him company. Last night the moon had a… … The snow fell hissing in the brine,And the billows frothed like yeast. Down canoe the storm and smote amain The vessel in its strength;She shuddered and paused like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cables length. Come hither \ come hither ! my little daughter,And do not tremble so ;For I can…
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