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...enarian forests, towered up from gentle slopes, filling the horizon with a sea of verdure, while toward the south the plain stretched away, of marvelo... ...st consented to lead his men out through a little door which opened into a lane. From there they threw themselves into a ditch; they gained the forest...

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...un as a yarn,’ not only to relieve the weariness of many a night- watch at sea, but to excite the warmest sympathies of the author’s shipmates. He has... ...n ‘Redburn,’ while his father ‘of winter evenings, by the well- remembered sea-coal fire in old Greenwich Street, used to tell my brother and me of th... ...Greenwich Street, used to tell my brother and me of the monstrous waves at sea, moun- tain high, of the masts bending like twigs, and all about Havre ... ...‘Moby Dick; or, the Whale,’ in 1851. How many young men have been drawn to sea by this book is a question of interest. Meeting with Mr. Charles 12 Ty... ... Clark Russell. Mr. Russell had taken many occasions to mention Melville’s sea-tales, his in- terest in them, and his indebtedness to them. The latter... ...ng of bam- boos, and were by signs told to enter it, the natives opening a lane for us through which to pass; on entering without ceremony, we threw o...

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...would be at Jerusalem on that day—to purchase eighteen shirts and lay in a sea stock of Russia ducks,—was the work of four-and-twenty hours; and on th... ...- surable distance. The ship went rolling over a heavy, swelter- ing, calm sea. The breeze was a warm and soft one; quite different to the rigid air w... ...h. The sight of that noble scene cured all the woes and discom- fitures of sea-sickness at once, and if there were any need to 6 Notes on a Journey f... ...s of a bull-fight, to take place the next evening (there was no opera that sea- son); but it was not a real Spanish tauromachy—only a theat- rical com... ...n which I have never seen anything larger in the finest pantomime at Drury Lane; but the effect of this splendid piece is lessened by a shabby old Bru... ...bright and pleasant remains the recollection of the fine city and the blue sea, and the Spanish flags floating on the boats that danced over it, and J... ...f the name of street at all, the remaining houserows being modestly called lanes, such as Bomb Lane, Battery Lane, Fusee Lane, and so on. In Main Stre... ...ow their former pious destination. Y ou walk through narrow white- washed lanes, bearing such martial names as are before men- tioned, and by-streets... ...ow or Killarney—the streets swarm with idle crowds, the innumerable little lanes flow over with dirty little children, they are playing and puddling a...

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......................................................... 122 A VISION OF THE SEA. ......................................................................... ...oony smile Which the meteor beam of a starless night Sheds on a lonely and sea-girt isle, Ere the dawning of morn’s undoubted light, Is the flame of l... ... spells towards the departing day, Encompassing the earth, air, stars, and sea; Light, sound, and motion own the potent sway, Responding to the charm ... ..., And are the uncomplaining things they seem, Or live, or drop in the deep sea of Love; Oh, that like thine, mine epitaph were—Peace!’ ... ...d Earthquake-daemon taught her young Ruin? Were these their toys? or did a sea Of fire envelope once this silent snow? None can reply—all seems eterna... ...o England. It was on a beautiful summer evening, while wandering among the lanes whose myrtle-hedges were the bowers of the fire-flies, that we heard ...

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...at the first off-go; but, O Davie, laddie, it’s but a drop of water in the sea; it’ll help you but a step, and vanish like the morn- ing. The second, ... ...o the top of a hill, I saw all the country fall away before me down to the sea; and in the midst of this descent, on a long ridge, the city of Edinbur... ...anged the form of my inquiries; and spying an honest fellow coming along a lane on the shaft of his cart, I asked him if he had ever heard tell of a h... ...e he was, I went to open it, and found on the doorstep a half-grown boy in sea-clothes. He had no sooner seen me than he began to dance some steps of ... ...clothes. He had no sooner seen me than he began to dance some steps of the sea-hornpipe (which I had never before heard of far less seen), snapping hi... ...it; and, perhaps, in the bottom of my heart, I wished a nearer view of the sea and ships. You are to remember I had lived all my life in the inland hi...

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...ds. Once before, some three years ago, when I published “The Mirror of the Sea,” a volume of impressions and memories, the same re- marks were made to... ...stood the kind of thrift they recommend. I wanted to pay my tribute to the sea, its ships and its men, to whom I remain indebted for so much which has... .... Having matured in the surroundings and under the special con- ditions of sea life, I have a special piety toward that form of my past; for its impre... ...giance, I may safely say that through the blind force of circumstances the sea was to be all my world and the merchant service my only home for a long... ...or a long succession of years. No wonder, then, that in my two exclusively sea books— ”The Nigger of the Narcissus,” and “The Mirror of the Sea” (and ... ...a whispering echo of the usual revelry going on in the narrow, unspeakable lanes of the Old Town reached my ear—and suddenly, with a terrific jingling...

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...ds. Once before, some three years ago, when I published “The Mirror of the Sea,” a volume of impressions and memories, the same re- marks were made to... ...ood the kind of thrift they recommended. I wanted to pay my tribute to the sea, its ships and its men, to whom I remain indebted for so much which has... ...le. Having matured in the surroundings and under the special conditions of sea-life, I have a special pi- ety towards that form of my past; for its im... ...ance, I may safely say that through the blind force of cir- cumstances the sea was to be all my world and the merchant service my only home for a long... ... a long succes- sion of years. No wonder then that in my two exclu- sively sea books, “The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’” and “The Mirror of the Sea” (and... ... whispering echo of the usual rev- elry going on in the narrow unspeakable lanes of the Old Town reached my ear—and suddenly, with a terrific jingling...

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...wers massed pallid under the gaslight of the market-hall. For himself, the sea and the sunlight opened great spaces tomorrow. The moon was full above ... ...she lay curled up asleep at the core of the glamour, like the moon; on the sea rocking backwards and forwards till it rocked her island as she slept. ... ... of Wight, tomorrow. Helena, with her blue eyes so full of storm, like the sea, but, also like the sea, so eternally self-sufficient, solitary; with ... ..., silken and light as wind- flowers, would be his tomorrow, along with the sea and the downs. He clung to the exquisite flame which flooded him.... Bu... ... a kaleidoscope down the street. The train crawled on, drawing near to the sea, for which Siegmund waited breathless. It was so like Helena, blue, bea... ...8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 THE WAY HOME lay across country, through deep little lanes where the late foxgloves sat seriously, like sad hounds; over open do... ...hapter 11 Chapter 11 Chapter 11 THEY DECIDED to find their way through the lanes to Alum Bay, and then, keeping the cross in sight, to return over the... ... late. Twilight, however, rose more rapidly than they had anticipated. The lane twisted among meadows and wild lands and copses—a wilful little lane, ... ...ery large indeed, the largest halo Siegmund had ever seen. When the little lane turned full towards the moon, it seemed as if Siegmund and Helena woul...

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...slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. The Send-off Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way To the siding-shed, And lined the train with face... ... made themselves immune To pity and whatever mourns in man Before the last sea and the hapless stars; Whatever mourns when many leave these shores; Wh... ...ime. — Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams before my helpless sight He plung... ...Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, 15 D Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their wa 13 H Halted against the shade of a last hill, 19...

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... they who bang the drum outnumber the silent ones as do the billows of the sea the ships that swim, or the grains of sand the trees that grow; a noisy... ...anches in a wind, and the puckers of her visage moved as do billows of the sea to and fro, and the anticipations of a fair young bride are not more ea... ...ued their journey toward the mountains and across the desert that was as a sea asleep in the blazing heat, and the sun till his setting threw no shade... ...t approach me?’ And he replied: Long we the less for the pearl of the sea 36 The Shaving of Shagpat Because in its depths there ‘s the deat... ...ain-rise; below them the sun, shooting a current of gold across leagues of sea. Then he that had spoken with Bhanavar said, ‘A sail will come,’ and a ... ...ught them to that city and the day. So they passed through the streets and lanes of the city, and the porter pointed out this house and that house wan... ...ng by the juts of granite here and there, till she came to a long straight lane in the cavern, and at the end of it, far down, a solid pillar of many-...

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...ame out on the verandah for the first look westward, Sumatra way, over the sea, she seemed as fresh and sparkling as a dewdrop. But a dewdrop is evane... ...hands with tapering fingers. I don’t know whether she was actually born at sea, but I do know that up to twelve years of age she sailed about with her... ...ounding-board) was really astonishing. It thundered sweetly right over the sea. Jasper Allen told me that early of a morning on the deck of the Bonito... ...at Allen was sweet on his girl; the fowls of the air and the fishes of the sea, most of the traders in the Archi- pelago, and all sorts and conditions... ...was then all black and enigmatical, and very dirty; a tarnished gem of the sea, or, rather, a neglected work of art. For he must have been an artist, ... ...st the luminous sky of that resplendent night, threw a heavy shadow on the lane of water between the two ships. Freya haunted them both like an ubiqui... ... but a delicate dream, a boat pulled by Javanese sailors crossing the dark lane of water came alongside the brig. The white warrant officer in her, pe...

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...pleness of her feelings as she took in the scent of wild flowers along the lanes and entered the woods jaws of another monstrous and blackening expe- ... ...d, eating like boys. They walked over the grounds of Copsley, and into the lanes and across the meadows of the cowslip, rattling, chatting, enlivening... ...low land to the meadow-flats and a pale shining of freshets; then hit on a lane skirting the water, and reached an am- phibious village; five miles fr... ...illage; five miles from Storling, he was informed, and a clear traverse of lanes, not to be mistaken, ‘if he kept a sharp eye open.’ The sharpness of ... ...ing and singing girl: You remember the night of the Dublin Ball. A Channel sea in uproar, stirred by witches, flows between.’ ‘You are as lovely as yo... ...to inform him that her mistress might be found walking somewhere along the sea-shore, and had her dog to protect her. They were to stay here a whole w... ...ly as drummer-sticks. She stood near the little running ripple of the flat sea-water, as it hurried from a long streaked back to a tiny imitation of s... ...you. I thought you would be with her in Berkshire. She told me of a little sea-side place close to Caen.’ ‘You had to see me?’ ‘I miss you now if it’s... ...arity, treble it; and so on a tide of success down the widening river to a sea sheer golden. Be- hold how it sparkles! Are we then to stint our winged...

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... flung themselves down on the short, springy turf between the drone of the sea below and the light summer wind among the inland trees. They were looki... ...y led inland to the wood, which was, perhaps, a quarter of a mile from the sea, and reached the fringe of the brambles. “Now we can get straight down ... ...re him, and it was as a window opened on a far view of Lundy, and the deep sea sluggishly nosing the pebbles a couple of hundred feet be- low. They co... ...it,” said Stalky , filling himself a pipe. “Isn’t it scrumptious? Good old sea!” He spat again approvingly, and was silent. McTurk and Beetle had take... ... taken out their books and were lying on their stomachs, chin in hand. The sea snored and gurgled; the birds, scattered for the moment by these new an... ...what they were doing for Sci- ence. Foxy faithfully worked some deep Devon lanes behind a lonely cross-roads inn; and it was curious that Prout and Ki... ...ling nine-deep along the Pebbleridge. Far down the steep-banked Devonshire lane he heard the husky hoot of the carrier’s horn. There was a ghost of me... ...ls down a trouser-leg, and hurried forth to a deep and solitary Devonshire lane in whose flanks a boy might sometimes slay a young rabbit. They threw ... ...aperings and curvetings, they led the almost bursting Beetle to the rabbit-lane, and from under a pile of stones drew forth the new-slain corpse of a ...

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...deed an “extensive Volume,” of boundless, almost formless contents, a very Sea of Thought; neither calm nor clear, if you will; yet wherein the tough-... ...gh- est pearl-diver may dive to his utmost depth, and return not only with sea-wreck but with true orients. Directly on the first perusal, almost on t... ... see the whole life-circulation of that considerable City; the streets and lanes of which, with all their doing and driving (Thun und Treiben), were f... ...lays while Serene Highness is pleased to eat his victuals, down to the low lane, where in her door-sill the aged widow, knit- ting for a thin liveliho... ...ean in his exterior and environ- ment, we seem to look into a whole inward Sea of Light and Love;—though, alas, the grim coppery clouds soon roll toge... ...mong beech-rows, through river after river, into the Donau, into the Black Sea, into the Atmosphere and Universe; and how “the brave old Linden,” stre... ... correct, trotting off in succession to the right or left, through its own lane, to its own dwelling; till old Kunz, at the Village-head, now left alo... ...d? Say rather, heart swelling in presence of the Queen of Hearts; like the Sea swelling when once near its Moon! With the Wanderer it was even so: as ... ...eet, and say whether his heart and his eyes still con- tinue dry. If Field Lane, with its long fluttering rows of yellow handkerchiefs, be a Dionysius...

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...eserts full of wild beasts, unapproachable bogs, Scythian ice, or a frozen sea, so, in this work of mine, in which I have compared the lives of the gr... ... himself to the stone and lifted it up; but refused to take his journey by sea, though it was much the safer way, and though his mother and grand- fat... ...the cruelty they used to all strangers, tried to persuade Theseus to go by sea. But he, it seems, had long since been secretly fired by the glory of H... ...e endured, that Hercules should go out everywhere, and purge both land and sea from wicked men, and he himself should fly from the like adventures tha... ...ctually came in his way; disgracing his reputed father by a mean flight by sea, and not showing his true one as good evidence of the greatness of his ... ...but in confusion, as could not otherwise be amongst houses, and ill narrow lanes and places where it was impossible to form in any order. But Brennus,... ... hurry in building, they constructed their city in narrow and ill-designed lanes, and with houses huddled together one upon another; for it is said th... ...ke head against him; wherever he fell in, he broke their ranks, and made a lane through them; but the parties turning again, and enclosing him on each... ...hem suffering severely, the whole army was thus disheartened, and opened a lane for the Thebans, as if they desired to pass through and escape. But wh...

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... half in doze I seemed To float about a glimmering night, and watch A full sea glazed with muffled moonlight, swell On some dark shore just seen that ... ...abours for the world. Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea! Over the rolli... ... are used to that: for women, up till this Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo, Dwarfs of the gynæceum, fail so far In high desire, they kn... ...e court of half the maids Gathered together: from the illumined hall Long lanes of splendour slanted o’er a press Of snowy shoulders, thick as herded... ...pass on; His Highness wakes:’ and one, that clashed in arms, By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led Threading the soldier-city, till we heard The... ...r will, and everything was changed. Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea; The cloud may stoop from heaven and take the shape With fold to ... ...k cloud Drag inward from the deeps, a wall of night, Blot out the slope of sea from verge to shore, And suck the blinding splendour from the sand, And...

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...es to see nor ears to hear withal; for the heathen in the far islands of the sea; and closed with a supplication that the words he was about to speak ... ... get to the corner, give the rest of ‘em the slip, and turn down through the lane and come back. I’ll go the other way and come it over ‘em the same w... ...d the other with another. In a little while the two met at the bottom of the lane, and when they reached the school they had it all to themselves. The... ...to exchange sorrows with. CHAPTER VIII Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then ... ...ad a life of crime. There was no choice. By this time he was far down Meadow Lane, and the bell for school to “take up” tinkled faintly upon his ear. ... ...is later sufferings, and wishing “she” could see him now, abroad on the wild sea, facing peril and death with dauntless heart, going to his doom with ... ...t the edge of the town till nearly daylight, and had then crept through back lanes and alleys and finished their sleep in the gallery of the church am...

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... hills of Armenie hath been, Where Noah’s ark may yet be seen; By that Red Sea, too, hath he trod, Which parted at the prophet’s rod; In Sinai’s wilde... ...ughed to see Their gallant ship so lustily 38 Marmion Furrow the green sea-foam. Much joyed they in their honoured freight; For, on the deck, in c... ... surge grew pale, And would for terror pray; Then shrieked, because the sea-dog, nigh, His round black head, and sparkling eye, Reared o’er the ... ... lofty Seaton-Delaval; They saw the Blythe and Wansbeck floods Rush to the sea through sounding woods; They passed the tower of Widderington, Mother o... ...later style, Showed where the spoiler’s hand had been; Not hut the wasting sea-breeze keen Had worn the pillar’s carving quaint, And mouldered in his ... ...s applied. Page, groom, and squire, with hurrying pace, Through street and lane and market-place Bore lance, or casque, or sword; While burghers, w...

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...omised instant events. It was, never- theless, a heaving picture, like the sea in the background of a marine piece at the theatre, which rouses antici... ...ng visits to a droopy plant in the golden summer drought on a gorgeous mid-sea island, and had taken her on board to refresh her with voyages, al- way... ...etty agitations of a blood uninflamed, as lightly as she swam the troubled sea-waters her body gloried to cleave. She woke in the morning peaceful and... ...ernment cruiser observe the intrusion of a white-sailed yacht in protected sea-waters, where licenced trawlers are at the haul. Talk over the table co... ...s. It was open war, and herself to head the cavalry. Weyburn, driving up a lane in the gig she had sent to meet the coach, beheld a thicket of country... ...ace like this to pro- voke him. Weyburn was driven on a half-circle of the lane to the gate, where he jumped out to greet Lady Charlotte trot- ting ba... ...er steed for the victim log to dance a gyration on its branches across the lane and enter a field among the fallen compeers. One of her men had run be... ... man met my lady’s apologist as he was having a swing of the legs down the lanes before breakfast, and he fell upon a se- ries of complaints, which we... ... miles to a pond to sail bits of wood on it, though there had never been a sea-faring man in her husband’s family or her own. She agreed with the lady...

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...f the window, and heard the mellow Sunday evening roar of the city as of a sea at ebb. And Dahlia was out on the sea. Rhoda thought of it as she looke... ...voted I am. I am like drowned to everybody but one. “We are looking on the sea. In half an hour I shall have forgotten the tread of English earth. I d... ... at a sad thought about him. And from France to Switzerland and Italy. The sea sparkles just as if it said “Come to the sun;” and I am going. Edward c... ...ing like a man with an object in view. As he dropped into one of the close lanes which led up to Wrexby Hall, he saw Rhoda standing under an oak, her ... ...meal. “I have been too happy to eat,” Rhoda replied. Robert glanced up the lane, but she gave no heed to this indication, and asked: “Has uncle come?”... ...by this young gentleman on the day when he ventured to speak to her in the lane, which led her to fancy distantly that he had some acquaintance with D... ...ing from her sister almost weekly, her confidence was buoyed on a sum- mer sea. In the silence it fell upon a dread. She had no an- swer in her mind f... ...er a time she went upstairs for her bonnet. At the stile leading into that lane where Robert had previ- ously seen her, she was stopped by him. “No fa... ... than Peruvian bark to my constitution. It was as good to me as a sniff of sea-breeze and no excursion expenses. I’d like another, just to feel young ...