 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
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 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 Inchcape float ; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1870 - 336 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,... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 pages
...the Rover f 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,... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 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,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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, pull out the... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 164 pages
...Drawing Cagf—'W. Fnekaad Foliage and tendril?, conventionally trttUd. 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...the rover, walked his deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. HI- felt the cheering power of ny rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float : Quoth he, " My men, pull out the... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 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,... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 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,... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 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... | |
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