Moods of the Sea: Masterworks of Sea PoetryGeorge C. Solley, Eric Steinbaugh |
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Page 98
... sailor , separation from loved ones , storms and shipwrecks , and naval battles . The sailors who appear in such poetry range all the way from the simple Breton seaman in Robert Browning's Hervé Riel to the dauntless admiral in Joaquin ...
... sailor , separation from loved ones , storms and shipwrecks , and naval battles . The sailors who appear in such poetry range all the way from the simple Breton seaman in Robert Browning's Hervé Riel to the dauntless admiral in Joaquin ...
Page 150
... Sailor's Apology for Bow - Legs , reveals that the bow - legged gait of the sailor comes not from the rolling sea but from riding a horse ; William Falconer , in his mock - heroic The Midshipman , uses the conventions of epic poetry ...
... Sailor's Apology for Bow - Legs , reveals that the bow - legged gait of the sailor comes not from the rolling sea but from riding a horse ; William Falconer , in his mock - heroic The Midshipman , uses the conventions of epic poetry ...
Page 178
... Sailor Too " ( The Royal Regiment of Marines ) As I was spittin ' into the Ditch " aboard o ' the Crocodile , I seed ... sailor too ! " Now ' is work begins by Gawd knows when , and ' is work is never through ; ' E isn't one o ...
... Sailor Too " ( The Royal Regiment of Marines ) As I was spittin ' into the Ditch " aboard o ' the Crocodile , I seed ... sailor too ! " Now ' is work begins by Gawd knows when , and ' is work is never through ; ' E isn't one o ...
Common terms and phrases
ancient Mariner beat beneath billows blow blue boat breath breeze calm Captain captain's gig clouds cold crew cries D. H. LAWRENCE dark dead dear death deck deep Don John dream drowned E. E. Cummings earth EDMUND SPENSER eyes fear fish foam friends gale green hand hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW JOHN MASEFIELD John of Austria keel land laugh light lips look Lord loud mast mate moon never night o'er ocean OGDEN NASH poems poets Port Admiral reef roar rocks roll round RUDYARD KIPLING sail sailor salt sand ship shore sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep song soul sound stars storm surges sweet tell tempest thee thou thunder tide trail vessel voice voyage WALT WHITMAN waves Wedding-Guest whale wild WILLIAM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind wreck
References to this book
Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes Jill B. Gidmark No preview available - 2001 |