Songs, Naval and National: Of the Late Charles Dibdin; with a Memoir and AddendaJohn Murray, 1841 - 336 strán (strany) |
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... grog . When mountains high the waves that swell The vessel rudely bear , Now sinking in a hollow dell , Now quiv'ring in the air , Bold Jack , & c . When waves ' gainst rocks and quicksands roar , You ne'er hear him repine , Freezing on ...
... grog . When mountains high the waves that swell The vessel rudely bear , Now sinking in a hollow dell , Now quiv'ring in the air , Bold Jack , & c . When waves ' gainst rocks and quicksands roar , You ne'er hear him repine , Freezing on ...
Strana 7
... GROG . A PLAGUE of those musty old lubbers , Who tell us to fast and to think , And patient fall in with life's rubbers , With nothing but water to drink ! A can of good stuff , had they twigg'd it , Would have set them for pleasure ...
... GROG . A PLAGUE of those musty old lubbers , Who tell us to fast and to think , And patient fall in with life's rubbers , With nothing but water to drink ! A can of good stuff , had they twigg'd it , Would have set them for pleasure ...
Strana 8
... grog . POOR TOM ! THEN farewell , my trim - built wherry ! Oars , and coat , and badge , farewell ! Never more at Chelsea - ferry Shall your Thomas take a spell . But to hope and peace a stranger , In the battle's heat I'll go , Where ...
... grog . POOR TOM ! THEN farewell , my trim - built wherry ! Oars , and coat , and badge , farewell ! Never more at Chelsea - ferry Shall your Thomas take a spell . But to hope and peace a stranger , In the battle's heat I'll go , Where ...
Strana 11
... grog . ' Tis grog , only grog , Is his rudder , his compass , his cable , his log , The sailor's sheet - anchor is grog . What though he to a friend in trust His prize - money convey , Who , to his bond of faith unjust , Cheats him ...
... grog . ' Tis grog , only grog , Is his rudder , his compass , his cable , his log , The sailor's sheet - anchor is grog . What though he to a friend in trust His prize - money convey , Who , to his bond of faith unjust , Cheats him ...
Strana 12
... grog , & c . What though his girl , who often swore To know no other charms , He finds , when he returns ashore , Clasp'd in a rival's arms : What's to be done ? He vents a curse , And seeks a kinder she ; Dances , gets groggy , clears ...
... grog , & c . What though his girl , who often swore To know no other charms , He finds , when he returns ashore , Clasp'd in a rival's arms : What's to be done ? He vents a curse , And seeks a kinder she ; Dances , gets groggy , clears ...
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Strana 333 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Strana 1 - ... our good chaplain palaver one day About souls, heaven, mercy, and such; And; my timbers! what lingo he'd coil and belay; Why, 'twas just all as one as High Dutch; For he said how a sparrow can't founder, d'ye see, Without orders that come down below; And...
Strana 287 - I view Wakes in my soul some charm of lovely Sue. Though battle call me from thy arms Let not my pretty Susan mourn; Though cannons roar, yet safe from harms William shall to his Dear return. Love turns aside the balls that round me fly, Lest precious tears should drop from Susan's eye.
Strana 286 - 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 : — The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet.
Strana 288 - Now the dreadful thunder's roaring, Peal on peal contending clash, On our heads fierce rain falls pouring, In our eyes blue lightnings flash. One wide water all around us, All above us one black sky...
Strana 286 - Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss off that falling tear ; We only part to meet again. Change as ye list, ye winds ; my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee. " Believe not what the landmen say Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind : They'll tell thee, sailors when away, In every port a mistress find : Yes, yes, believe them when they tell thee so, For Thou art present wheresoe'er I go.
Strana 333 - Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak.
Strana 287 - CEASE, rude Boreas, blustering railer ! List, ye landsmen all, to me ; Messmates, hear a brother sailor Sing the dangers of the sea...
Strana 165 - twas Saturday night : Some sweetheart or wife that he loved as his life Each drank, while he wish'd he could hail her ; But the standing toast that pleased the most Was — The wind that blows, the ship that goes, And the lass that loves a sailor...
Strana 41 - HERE, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For Death has broached him to. His form was of the manliest beauty. His heart was kind and soft; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft.