 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
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 728 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,... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 232 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 Inchcape float ; Quoth he, ' My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - 1879 - 348 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,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...the Rover walk'd his deck, And he fix'd his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of PAEDIA OF POETRY. CANTO III. Close by those meads, for ever crown'd with flowers, Where Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 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... | |
 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 pages
...the Eover 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 Eover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat,... | |
 | 1902 - 364 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 Rover's mirth was wickedness. 8. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, " My men, put out the... | |
 | 1902 - 386 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Kate Douglas (Smith) Wiggins, Nora Archibald Smith - 1916 - 784 pages
...the Rover walk'd his deck, And he fix'd his eye on the darker speck. T 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 Incheape float ; Quoth he, " My men, put out the hoat,... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - 1902 - 780 pages
...the Rover walk'd his deck, And he fix'd his eye on the darker speck. T 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,... | |
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