 | 1812 - 560 pages
...had died away. X 498 SPIRIT OF run J.; It . N MAGAZINES. Quoth Sir Ralph, " It willNbe lighten %gm, . "For there is the dawn of the rising moon." " Can'st...methinks, should be the shore ; " Now where we are 1 cannot tell, " But I wish we could hear the Inchcape BelL" They hear no sound, the swell is strong... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...Sir Ralph the Rover walk'd his deck, And he fix'd his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him...should be the shore. Now where we are I cannot tell, I5i.it I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell. They hear no sound, the swell is strong, Though the... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...see no land; Quoth Sir Ralph, it will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon. M Canst hear, said one, the breakers roar, For yonder, methinks, should be the shore ? Now, where »e are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell. They hear no sound : the swell is... | |
 | Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...o'erspreads the sky, They could not see the sun on high ; The wind hath blown a gale all day; At *ven it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his...cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape They bear no sound, the swell is strong, Tho the wind bath fallen they drift along; Till the vessel... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...They cannot see the sun on high: The wind had blown a gale all day, At evening it had died away. " Canst hear," said one, " the breakers roar? For yonder, methinks, should be the shore j Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape bell." They hear no sound,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Conduct of life - 1839 - 204 pages
...They cannot see the sun on high : The wind had blown a gale all day, At evening it had died away. " Canst hear," said one, " the breakers roar ? For yonder,...cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape bell 1" They hear no sound, the swell is strong, Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till the... | |
 | 1844 - 498 pages
...of the rising moon." " Canst hear," said one, " the breakers roar Ï For mcthinks we should be near the shore." " Now where we are I cannot tell , But I wish we could hear the Inchcape beU." They hear no sound, the swell is strong : Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till... | |
 | John Smeaton - Lighthouses - 1844 - 144 pages
...dawn of the rising moon. ' 'Canst hear,' said one, 'the breakers roarf For methinks we should be near the shore;' ' Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the luchcape bell ! ' They hear no sound, the swell is strong, Though the wind hath fallen they drift along,... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...They could not see the sun on high f The wind had blown a gale all day, At evening it had died away. " Canst hear," said one, " the breakers roar? For yonder,...But I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell." They heard rro sound : the swell is strong ; Though the wind had fall'n, they drift along, Till the vessel... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...of the rising moon." " Canst hear," said one, " the breakers roar ? For methinks we should be near the shore 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... | |
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The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph," It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising Moon. 
