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 float; Quoth he, " My men, put... The Edinburgh annual register - Page lxxix1812Full view - About this book
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...the Rover walked 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 float ; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat,... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...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 eyes were on the Inchcape float : Quoth he, " My men, put out the... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 pages
...Ralph the Rover walk'd his deck, And he nVd 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 bell and float — Quoth he, my men, pull out the... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 pages
...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 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, pull out the... | |
| 1854 - 456 pages
...the Rover walked 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 float ; Quoth he, — " My men, put out the... | |
| Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 pages
...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 Float ; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat,... | |
| 1855 - 458 pages
...the Rover walked 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 float ; Quoth he, — " My men, put out the... | |
| Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...the Rover walked 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 float ; Quoth he, — " My men, put out the... | |
| 1856 - 806 pages
...the Rover walked 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 bell and float, Quoth he,' My men, put out the boat,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 pages
...the Hover walked the deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speek. 7. 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. 8. His eye was on the Inchcape float ; Quoth he, " My men, put out the... | |
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