 | 1757 - 564 pages
...hard upoa our roof; Red came the river down, and loud and oft Theangry fpi»l of ihewaler Jhriek'd., At the dead hour of night was heard the cry Of one in jeopardy. 1 rote and ran To where ihetirjing eddy o. ap»ol. Beneath the 6'rd, us'd oft to bring within M) reach... | |
 | Francis Gentleman - 1770 - 516 pages
...following delcriptive lines we particularly approve. • • whilftthus we poorly One ftormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our...Red came the river down, and loud and oft The angry fpirit of the water roar'd. From Norval's tale it appears, that he found a child floating in a bafket,... | |
 | John Bell - 1778 - 392 pages
...which was formerly my (port, Supported life. Whilft thus ive poorly liv'd, . One ftormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our roof : Red came the river down, and loud and oft 1 he angry fpirit of the water ftiriek'd. At the dead hour of night was heard the cry Of one in jeopardy.... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pages
...fishing, which was formerly my sport, Supported life. Whilst thus we poorly liv'd, One stormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our...where the circling eddy of a pool, Beneath the ford, us'd oft to bring within My reach, whatever floating thing the stream Had caught. The voice was ceas'd... | |
 | William Jones - 1795 - 368 pages
...fifhing, which was formerly my fport, Supported life. \Vhilft thus we poorly liv'd, One ftormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our...Red came the river down, and loud and oft The angry fpirit of the water fhriek'd. At the dead hour of night was heard tjie cry •Of one in jeopardy. I... | |
 | 1797 - 462 pages
...fishing, which was formerly my sport, Supported life. Whilst thus we poorly liv'd, One stormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our...where the circling eddy of a pool, Beneath the ford, us'd oft to bring within My reach, whatever floating thing the stream Had caught. The voice was ceas'd... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 pages
...fishing, which was formerly my sport, Supported life. Whilst thus we poorly liv'd, One stormy night, as I remember well, ' The wind and rain beat hard upon...in jeopardy. I rose, and ran To where the circling eddy,of a pool, Beneath the ford, us'd oft to bring within My reach, whatever floating thing the stream... | |
 | Natham Drake - 1800 - 510 pages
...delivering his story to Lady Randolph, and relates Whilst thus we poorly liv'd One stormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our...down, and loud and oft The angry spirit of the water shriek' d.^ . In the supposed aera of Ossian, the souls of the deceased were believed sometimes to... | |
 | 1804 - 486 pages
...hard upon our roof; Hcd came the river down, and loud and oft The anury spirit of the water shrieked. At the dead hour of night was heard the cry Of one...where the circling eddy of a pool, Beneath the ford, used oft to bring within My iracb, whatever floating thing the stream Had caught. The voice was ceased... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 pages
...part, omitted in the copy sent to Gray 37, was inserted afterwards from the tragedy of Douglas ; " Red came the" river down, and loud and oft " The angry spirit of the waters shriek'd •" and the concluding incident is borrowed from Thomson. In Calthon and Colmal, "... | |
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One stormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our roof: Red came the river down, and loud and oft The angry spirit of the water shriek'd. 
