...Gainstield lay down upon the deck in thorough despair. Cecilia had only Luke Jones to comfort her. " And ever the fitful Gusts between A sound came from...sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea sand : The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow...

...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow. Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept Toward tho reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between...trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The brcakerswere right beneath her bows. She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew...

...maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stdll'd the wave On the Lake of Galilee. And fast through...trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. Tk« breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept...

...maiden clasped her hands, and prayed That sav£d she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the wave On the lake of Galilee. And fast through...the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the bard sea-sand. The breakerewere right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck. And a whooping...

...LONGFELLOW well understands the force of our simple vernacular expressions. Observe the following : 1 And ever the fitful gusts between, A sound came from...sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard soa-sand.' ' She struck where the white and fleecy waves Many of the later poems in this collection...

...vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused like a frighted steed Then leaped her cable's length. She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. He hears the parson pray and preach* He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, Audit...

...dark and drear. Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts...dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool ; But the cruel rocks, they...

...drear, Through the whistling sleet and enow, , Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the ruef of Norman's Woe, "And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land ; • > II »a* the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. •Tbe breakers...

...dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. "And ever the fitful gusts between A 6ound Сдте from tho land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand....

...dark and drear. Through the whistling sleet and snow, I -ike a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe. And ever the fitful gusts between A sound eame from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf, On the rocks and the hard sea-sand. The...