...whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind , g i j 5 £ 3 A gale from the north-east ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. " | 3 5 Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused,...

...cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shudder'd and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leap'd her cable's length. * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,...

...to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast,...hither ! ^my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; ^or I can weather the roughest gale, He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging...

...to-night no moon we see !" The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frightened steed, Then leaped her cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter,...

...And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the nosth-east ; Tho snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed...shuddered and paused like a frighted steed, Then leaped a cable's length. " Come hither ! come hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble so, "For I can...

...! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and colder blew the wind, A gale from the north-east ; The snow...a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. 1 Skipper— man of the ship, captain. * Flaw — a sudden burst or gust of wind. " Come hither ! come...

...to-night no moon we see." The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Colder and louder blew the wind A gale from the northeast,...in its strength ; She shuddered and paused like a frightened steed, 17 "Come hither ! come hither my little daughter ! And do not tremble so; For I can...

...your father much offended. Hamlet. Madam, yon have my father much offended, 9. Down came the storm,10 and smote amain The. vessel in its strength; She shuddered...a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. 10. The breaking waves dashed high11 On a stern and rock-bound const, And the woods against a stormy...

..." The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, . And a scornful laugh laughed he ! Colder and colder blew the wind, A gale from the North-east ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows froth'd like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel in its strength, She shudder'd...

...at hand." CHAPTER IX. ON BOARD THE "LOTA." " Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in her strength ; She shuddered, and paused like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length." HW LONGFELLOW. THE " Lota " was a small yacht of some fifty or sixty tons, well fitted with everything...