 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 Speaker's Garland - Page 111by P. Garrett - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 408 pages
...joyance in their sound. The buoy of the Inchcape bell was seen, A darker speck on the ocean green ; Sir Ralph the Rover walked his deck, And he fixed his...the rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float : Quoth he, "My men, put out the boat ; And row me to the Inchcape rock, And I'll plague... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1921 - 280 pages
...their sound. The float of the Inchcape Bell was seen, A darker speck on the ocean green ; Sir Kalph 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... | |
 | Mary Fontaine Laidley - 1922 - 330 pages
...joyance in their sound. The buoy of the Inchcape Rock was seen, A darker speck on the ocean green; Sir Ralph, the Rover, walked his deck, And he fixed his...the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, "My men, put out the boat; And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...in their sound. 20 The buoy of the Inchcape bell was seen, A darker speck on the ocean green ; Sir Ralph, the rover, walked his deck. And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. *4 He felt the cheering power of spring, — It made him whistle, it made him sing; His heart was mirthful... | |
 | Edmond Holmes - 1923 - 330 pages
...which has long passed as orthodox. Southey, in his poem The Inchcape Rock, says of Sir Ralph the Rover: His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. Educators of the repressive school seem to think that when children are mirthful to excess, their mirth... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 pages
...joyance in their sound. The buoy of the Inchcape bell was seen, A darker speck on the ocean green ; Sir Ralph, 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 siug : His heart was mirthful... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 pages
...joyance in their sound. The buoy of the Inchcape bell was seen. A darker speck on the ocean green ; Sir Ralph the Rover walked his deck, And he fixed his eye on ';he darker speck. He felt the cheering power of Spring ; It made him whistle, it made him sing ; His... | |
 | Arthur Beatty - 1928 - 582 pages
...The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen A darker speck on the ocean green; Sir Ralph the Rover walk'd his deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speck....the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, "My men, put out the boat, And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague... | |
 | John Foster, Gordon Dennis - 1995 - 136 pages
...joyaunce in their sound. 20 The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen A darker speck on the ocean green; Sir Ralph the Rover walked his deck, And he fixed his...darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring; 25 It made him whistle, it made him sing; His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was... | |
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