 Sir Ralph the Rover walk'd his deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing, His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape...  North American Second Class Reader - Page 223by David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1804 - 494 pages
...on the darker speck. He felt the cbearing power of spring ; It made him whistle, it made him sing : His heart was mirthful, to excess — But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float — Quoth he, my men, put out the boat; And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague... | |
 | English poetry - 1805 - 490 pages
...on the darker speck. He felt the chearing power of spring ; It made him whistle, it made him sing : His heart was mirthful, to excess — But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float — Quoth he, my men, put out the boat; And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague... | |
 | English poetry - 1805 - 500 pages
...on the darker speck. He felt the chearing power of spring ; It made him whistle, it made him sing : His heart was mirthful, to excess — But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float — Quoth he, my men, put out the boat ; And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1807 - 428 pages
...heart was mirthful to excefs — But the rover's mirth was wickednefs. , His eye was on the bell and float — Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat} And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague the prieft ui Aberbrothok." The boat is lower'd, the boatmen row, And to the Inchcape Rock they go ; Sir... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1807 - 406 pages
...— But the rover's mirth was wickednefs. His eye was on the bill and float — Quoth he, " My jr.en, put out the boat ; And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And L'll plague the prleft of Abarbrothok." The boat is kwer'd, the boatmen rov/, And to the Inchcape Rock... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pages
...on the darker speck. He felt the cheering pow'r of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing j His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float : Quoth he, " My men put out the boat, " And row me to the Inchcape rock, M And I'll... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...on the darker speck. He felt the cheering pow'r of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing ; His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float : Quoth he, " My men put out the boat, " And row me to the Inchcape rock, " And I'll... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 pages
...on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing ; His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's...I'll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok." The boat is lower'd, the boatmen row, And to the Inchcape Rock they go ; Sir Ralph bent over from the boat, And... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...: HIS heart was mirthful to excessbut the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float — Quoth he, my men, put out the boat, And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague the priest of Aberbrothok. The boat is lower'd, the boatmen row, And to the Inchcape Rock they go ; Sir... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing : His heart was mirthful to excess — But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float — Quoth he, my men, put out the boat, And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague... | |
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