 Twas music to his ear. When lo ! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals ; " What ho ! Lord William, rise in haste ! The water saps thy walls !" He rose in haste, beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; It hemm'd him round, 'twas midnight now,...  Poems - Page 138by Robert Southey - 1799 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 236 pages
...water faps thy walls !" — Herofe in hafte: beneath the walls He faw the flood appear ; Jt hemm'd him round, 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near. He heard the fhoiit of joy, for no\y A boat approach'd the wall, eager to the welcome aid, They crowd for fafety... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 254 pages
...His inmost soul appals, — " What ho ! Lord William, rise in haste! " The water saps thy walls!" — He rose in haste : beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; It hemm'd him round, 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near. r He heard the shout of joy, for now A... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...water saps thy walls. He rose in haste ; heneath the walls He saw tin. Mood r.ppoar; , It hmuu'd Li m round, 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near. He heard the shout of joy, for now A hout npproaeii'd the wall, And cssgtr to the weleome aid They erowd lor safety all. My hont is M,H... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 pages
...alarm His inmost soul appals ; " What ho ! Lord William, rise in haste ! The water saps thy walls !" He rose in haste, beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; It hemm'd him round, 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near. He heard the shout of joy, for now A boat... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho! Lord William, rise in haste! The water saps thy walls! e sad and tranquillized the vexed : She studied not the meanest hemm'd him round, 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near. He heard the shout of joy, for now A boat... | |
 | Heinrich Zschokke - Criminals - 1829 - 224 pages
...The water saps the walls !' He rose in hastt : beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; It hemm'd him round, 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near....approach'd the wall, And, eager to the welcome aid, BALLADS. c My boat is small,' the boatman cri'd, ' This dangerous haste forbear ! Wait other aid ;... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...alarm His inmost soul appals ; " What, ho ! Lord William, rise in haste ! The water saps thy walls !" He rose in haste, — beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; •* It hemm'd him round, — 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near-!He heard the shout of joy ! for now... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...alarm His inmost soul appals — " What, ho ! Lord William, rise in haste ! The water saps thy walls !" He rose in haste — beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; It hemmed him round — 'twas midnight now— No human aid was near. He heard the shout of joy ! for now... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...alarm His inmost soul appals ; " What, ho ! Lord William, rise in haste ! The water saps thy walls !" He rose, in haste, — beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; It hemmed him round, — 'twas midnight now,No human aid was near ! He heard the shout of joy ! for now... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 pages
...The water saps thy walls ! " He rose in haste ; beneath the walla He saw the flood appear ; It hemm d him round ; 'twas midnight now ; No human aid was near. He heard a shout of joy ; for now A boat approach'd the wall ; And eager to the welcome aid They crowd for safety... | |
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