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‘The Wreck of the Hesperus’ is a narrative poem about a sea captain’s arrogance and downfall as his daughter, his ship, and his crew are all destroyed in a hurricane. ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus’ opens as the speaker describes the boat called the “Hesperus” and its captain.
- HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. The Wreck of the Hesperus. It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.
Oct 22, 2004 · WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. BY. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. ILLUSTRATED. New York. 1889. INTRODUCTION. "Norman's Woe" is the picturesque name of a rocky headland, reef, and islet on the coast of Massachusetts, between Gloucester and Magnolia.
The Wreck Of The Hesperus. It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintery sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.
a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Wreck of the Hesperus. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daught r, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds,
May 13, 2011 · A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden fair. Lashed close to a drifting mast. The salt sea was frozen on her breast, The salt tears in her eyes; And he saw her hair, like the brown seaweed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow!
Apr 18, 2020 · Of American-English origin, the phrase like the wreck of the Hesperus means in a sad state, or, merely, dishevelled.
