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Allan Cunningham
3 quotes
“A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee.”
Allan Cunningham (1784–1842) said by 1842 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea"; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea.”
Allan Cunningham (1784–1842) said by 1842 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When looks were fond and words were few.”
Allan Cunningham (1784–1842) said by 1842 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source