Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 370
ere, through which thestars gleamed sparely, andthe sea hke ebony. Therise and fall of the shipflapped the sails againstmasts and drove eddies ofair about the decks,but in reahtythere was not a breath of wind.There was something stupendous in the black, pro-found, and breathless placidity of the… … 332 A Book of Sea Stories This prolonged inactivity was galling. One longedto hear the rush of parting water and the singing of thewind in the shrouds. The mainsail flapped so heavily that Holdsworthordered it to be furled. The song of the men broughtthe captain on deck. He flitted, shadow-Hke,…
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