...volume before us, written in his earlier years : — " As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvass drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail at dawn of day Arc scarce long leagues apart descried; When foil the light, up sprung!the breeze, And all the darkling...

...; Some day thou shalt it view. Qua cur sum ventus. As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvass drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail at dawn...long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas...

...shalt it view. 49 Qua curium cental. As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay . With canvass drooping, Bide by side, Two towers of sail at dawn of day Are scarce...long leagues apart descried ; \ When fell the night, upsprung tho breeze. And all the darkling hours they plied, ji Nor dreamt but each tho self-same seas...

...effusions, where, it must be candidly allowed, that a want of taste is sometimes discernible : — " As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, ^Jor dreamt but each the self-same seas...

...effusions, where, it must be candidly allowed, that a want of taste is sometimes discernible : — " he mind many thoughts of trifling separate value which...BLACK, AND FEW SO WHITE, AS THEY ARE PAINTED. WHEN S upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-fame peas...

...that a want of taste is sometimes discernible : — "As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvass drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail at dawn...long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas...

...serenely on the morning When Youth stood trembling on the ocean-shore. TW HIGGINSON. 'AS SHIPS BECALMED.' As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart, descried ; When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas...

...on the morning When Youth stood trembling on the ocean-shore. T. "W. HIGGINSON. 'AS SHIPS BECALMED.' As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart, descried ; When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas...

...little or none. Tin; nearest approach to poetry is perhaps in the following : — QUA CURSUM VENTUS. As ships becalmed at eve, that lay, With canvas drooping,...Two towers of sail at dawn of day Are scarce long lengues apart descried; TVhen fell the night, up sprung the href zc, And all the darkling hours they...

...selected as the most beautiful, the most truly poetical of all his compositions. ' Qua fursum ventus. As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping,...long leagues apart descried ; When fell the night, upsprung the breeze, And all the darkling hours they plied, Nor dreamt but each the self-same seas...