 | Goldfinch - 1805 - 276 pages
...Sweet sailing with a fav'ring breeze; But, oh ! much sweeter than all these Is Jack's delight — his lovely Nan. The needle, faithful to the north, To...The needle time may rust — a squall Capsize the hinnacle and all, Let seamanship do all it can ; My love in worth shall higher rise: No time shall... | |
 | George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 pages
...sweeter than all these, Is Jack's delight — his lovely Nanl The needle, faithful to the north, To shew of constancy the worth, A curious lesson teaches man : The needle time may rub, a squall Capsize the binnacle and all, Let seamanship do all it can; My love, in worth, shall... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...man. Sweet sailing with a fav'nng breeze, But O! much sweeter than all these, Is Jack's delight, his lovely Nan. The needle, faithful to the north, To...do all it can : My love in worth shall higher rise, — Nor time shall rust, nor squalls capsize, My faith and truth to lovely Nan. When in the bilboes... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1821 - 154 pages
...man Sweet sailing with a flowing breeze, But O ! much sweeter than all these Is Jack's delight, his lovely Nan. The needle, faithful to the north, To...do all it can ; My love in worth shall higher rise, No time shall rust, no squall capsize My faith and truth for lovely Nan. When in the bilboes I was... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...Sweet sailing with a fav ring breeze ; But, oh ! much sweeter than all these Is Jack's delight, his lovely Nan. The needle faithful to the north, To show...all it can : — My love in worth shall higher rise, Nor time shall rust, nor squall capsize My faith and truth to lovely Nan. When in the bilboes I was... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...than all these, Is Jack's delight, — his lovely Nan. M H1 The needle, faithful to the north, To shew of constancy the worth, A curious lesson teaches man...do all it can : My love in worth shall higher rise, — Nor time shall rust, nor squalls capsize My faith and truth to lovely Nan. When in the bilboes... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...sweeter than all these, Is Jack's delight, — his lovely Nan. The needle, faithful to the north, To shew of constancy the worth, A curious lesson teaches man...do all it can : My love in worth shall higher rise. — Nor time shall rust, nor squalls capsize My faith and truth to lovely Nan. When in the bilboes... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...Is Jack's delight, — his lovely Nan. M m The needle, faithful to the north, To shew of constaney the worth, A curious lesson teaches man ; The needle,...do all it can : My love in worth shall higher rise, — Nor time shall rust, nor squalls capsize My faith and truth to lovely Nan. When in the bilboes... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - Ballads, English - 1841 - 406 pages
...Sweet sailing with a fav'ring breeze; But oh ! much sweeter than all these, Is Jack's delight — his lovely Nan ! The needle, faithful to the north, To...curious lesson teaches man : The needle time may rust, the squall Capsize the binnacle and all, Let seamanship do all it can : My love in worth shall higher... | |
 | George Dixon - 1842 - 134 pages
...sailing with a flowing breeze, i But O ! much sweeter than all these I Is Jack's delight, his lovely Nan. The needle time may rust, a squall Capsize the binnacle...all it can ; My love in w,orth shall higher rise, No time shall rust, no squall capsize My faith and truth for lovely Nan. When in the bilboes I was... | |
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Sweet sailing with a favoring breeze ; But, oh ! much sweeter than all these, Is Jack's delight — his lovely Nan. The needle, faithful to the north, To show of constancy the worth, A curious lesson teaches man ; The needle, time may rust — a squall... 
