 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
 | William Bedell Stanford - 1873 - 122 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... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...the Rover walked his deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. 7. 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. 8. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, " My men, put out the... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 232 pages
...Ralph the Rover walk'd 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 Inchcape float ; Quoth he, ' My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...Bover walk'd his deck, And he fix'd his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring1, eath its EoTcr's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float ; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...walked his deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring, — 1 1 lip admires, Or from starlike eyes doth seek Fuel rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the bell and float : Quoth he, " My men, pull out the... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 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,... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales) - 1874 - 582 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,... | |
 | William Marshall - 1875 - 328 pages
...the Kover walked the 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 down... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...the Rover walked his deck, And he tixed his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering jiower 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, "ily men, put out the boat,... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 168 pages
...the rover walked the 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,... | |
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