 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
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 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,... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 pages
...the Eover walk'd his deck, And ho 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 Hover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float ; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | Daniel Harvey Hill - 1859 - 362 pages
...with their cruelties. The poet has beautifully expressed this idea: "Ralph felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing; His heart was mirthful to excess, But the JRover's mirth. was wickedness." If the first view is correct, and the apprehension of the young man... | |
 | Graduated series - 1860 - 264 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 'a mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float : Quoth he, " My men, put out the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 256 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,... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 196 pages
...deck, And he fix'd his eye on the darker speck. TIIE INCHCAIE L'OCK. 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 Inehcape float: Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat.... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 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,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...Ralph the Rover walk'd his deck, And he nx'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 Inchcape float ; Quoth he, ' My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...walk'd his deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring, Tt 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,... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...Ralph the Rover walked his deck, And 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... | |
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