 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!  Select Reviews of Literature - Page 4981812Full view - About this book
 | 1804 - 494 pages
...the wind hath fallen they drift along ; 'Till the vessel strikes with a shiv'ring shockOh, CHRIST ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! Sir RALPH, the Rover, tore his hair ; He curst himself in his despair : The waves rush in on every side, The ship is sinking beneath the tide.... | |
 | 1805 - 500 pages
...the wind hath fallen they drift along ; 'Till the vessel strikes with a shiv'ring shockOh, CHRIST ! it is the Inchcape Rock! Sir RALPH, the Rover, tore his hair ; He curst himself in his despair: The waves rush in on every side, The ship is sinking beneath the tide.... | |
 | 1805 - 490 pages
...the wind hath fallen they drift along ; 'Till the vessel strikes with a shiv'ring shockOh, CHRIST ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! Sir RALPH, the Rover, tore his hair; He curst himself in his despair: The waves rush in on every side, The ship is sinking beneath the tide.... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1812 - 562 pages
...shiv'ring shock—* Oh, Heavens ! it is the Inchcape Rock. Sir Ralph the RoveV tore his He cursed himselt in his despair ; The waves rush in on every side,...UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE. Some account of Alexander Wilson, aiithor of the exquisite and huniorocs Ballad of "Watty and Meg," with that Poem subjoined. From "... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
...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 despair ; The waves rush in on every side, The snip is sinking beneath the tide. But even in his dying fear One dreadful sound he seem'd to hear ;... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock — Oh Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! vOL. III. HH Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair ; He cursed himself...his despair ; The waves rush in on every side, The ship is sinking beneath the tide. But even in his dying fear One dreadful sound he seem'd to hear ;... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pages
...Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock — Oh Christ ! it is the Inchcape Rock ! VOL. m. ii H Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair ; He cursed himself...his despair ; The waves rush in on every side, The ship is sinking beneath the tide. But even in his dying fear One dreadful sound he seem'd to hear ;... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 pages
...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 himself in his despair ; The waves rush in on every side, The ship is sinking beneath the tide.... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 402 pages
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...shiv'ring shock—- Oh, Christ! it is the Inchcape Rflck! Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair; He curst himself in his despair. The waves rush in on every side; The ship is sinking beneath the tide. But, even in his dying fear, One dreadful sound could the rover hear;... | |
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