 | English poetry - 1805 - 502 pages
...heav'n, shone so gay-rAll things were joyful on that day: The sea birds scream'd, as they sported round, The float of the Inchcape Bell was seen, A darker...is sinking beneath the tide. But even in his dying fe#r One dreadful sound could the Rover hear; A sound as if with the Inchcape bell, The devil below... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pages
...wind had fallen, they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shiv'ring shock—* Oh, 1 kavens I it is the Inchcape Rock. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair> He cursed himself in his despair ; The waves rush in on every side, The vessel sinks beneath the tide.... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...— Oh Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! vOL. III. HH Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair ; He cursed himself in his despair ; The waves rush in on every...tide. But even in his dying fear One dreadful sound he seem'd to hear ; A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell The devil below was ringing his knell. SOUTHEY... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...— Oh Christ ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! VOL. m. ii H Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair ; He cursed himself in his despair ; The waves rush in on every...tide. But even in his dying fear One dreadful sound he seem'd to hear ; A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell The devil below was ringing his knell. SOUTHEY... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...Though the wind hath fallen they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock — Oh Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair; He cursed himself in his despair ; The waves rush in on every side, The snip is sinking beneath the tide.... | |
 | William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...Though the wind hath fall'n they drift alonic, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock; " Oh Christ, it is the Inchcape rock !'' Sir Ralph, the Rover, tore his hair ; Hecurs'd himself in his despair; The waves rush in on ev'ry side, The ship is sinking beneath the... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 654 pages
...drifts along— At once she strikes with a dreadful shock, "Oh Christ! she has struck on the Inch Cape Rock!" Sir Ralph, the Rover, tore his hair, He curst himself in his despair! The rock had burst an opening wide, The waves rushed in on every side, Yet even in that hour of fear One... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shiv'ring shock — Oh, Heavens ! it is the Inchcape rock ! Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair, He curst himself in his despair ; But the waves rush in on every side, And the vessel sinks beneath the tide. MYLIUS*S Poetical Class-Book.... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...; Though the wind hath fallen they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock," Oh Christ ! it is the Inchcape Rock," Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair. He curst himstlf in his despair; The waves rush in on every side. The ship is sinking beneath the tide. But... | |
 | Gething - 1838 - 426 pages
...wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shiv'ring shock — Oh, Heavens ! it is the Inchcape rock ! Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair, He curst himself in his despair ; Bat the waves rush in on every side, And the vessel sinks beneath the tide. I CANNOT talk with civit... | |
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Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell. " They hear no sound ; the swell is strong ; Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock: " O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock! 
