 | 1846 - 436 sider
...roar, For methinks we should be near the shore ? " " Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape bell." They hear no sound...along ; Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock ; O Death ! it is the Inchcape rock. 90 TO MY BIRDIE. Sir Ralph the Eover tore his hair ; He cursed... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 sider
...breakers roar ? For methinks we should be near the shore. Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape bell." They hear no sound...along ; Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock : O, Death 1 it is the Inchcape rock. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair ; Well might he rave in black... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 sider
...breakers roar ? For methinks we should be near the shore." " Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape bell." They hear no sound,...along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock : — " The Rock ! it is the Inchape Rockr Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair ; He cursed himself in... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 sider
...Scotland's shore. So thick a haze o'erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high ; The wind hath blown a gale all day ; At evening it hath died away....; Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock, — " Mercy ! it is the Inchcape Bock !" Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair, And beat his breast in... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 sider
...breakers roar ? For methinks we should be near the shore. Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape bell." They hear no sound...Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock : 0, Death ! it is the Inchcape rock. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair, Well might he rave in black despair... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 sider
...breakers roar ? For yonder, methinks, should be the shore. Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell. They hear no sound,...along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock — Oh, Christ ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! SOUTHEY. THE STEAM-BOAT. SEE how yon flaming herald treads... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 sider
...breakers roar ? For yonder, methinks, should be the shore. Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell. They hear no sound,...along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock — Oh, Christ ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! SOUTHEY. THE STEAM-BOAT. SEE how yon flaming herald treads... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 sider
...breakers roar? For yonder, methinks, should be the shore ; Now where we are I cannot tell, I wish we heard the Inchcape Bell." They hear no sound — the swell...; Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock, — " Oh, heavens ! it is the Inchcape Rock !" Sir Ralph the rover tore his hair, And cursed himself... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 sider
...be the shore, Now, where we are, I cannot tell, — I wish we heard the Inchcape Bell." They heard no sound — the swell is strong, Though the wind...they drift along ; Till the vessel strikes with a quivering shock, — " Oh heavens ! it is the Inchcape Rock !" Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair, And... | |
 | 1854 - 456 sider
...roar, For methinks we should be near the shore ? " " Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape bell." They hear no sound;...along ; Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock ; O Death ! it is the Inchcape rock. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair ; He cursed himself in his despair... | |
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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. 
