| 1818 - 478 Seiten
...abundant with eeles. This Isle is a goodly refuge for saylers in time of tempest. By east the Isle of May, twelve miles from all land, in the Germayne seas, lyes a great hidden rocke, called Inchcape, very dangerous for navigators, because it is overflowed everie tide. It is... | |
| Robert Southey - 1823 - 266 Seiten
...be, Of one drop of water from that salt sea, To cool her where she is now. 1802. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. An old * writer mentions a curious tradition which...May," says he, " twelve miles from all land in the German seas, lyes a great hidden rock, called Inchcape, very dangerous for navigators, because it is... | |
| Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 Seiten
...weight than that millstone lay On Ramiro's soul at his dying day. Britlol, 1802. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. An old writer mentions a curious tradition which may be worth quoting. " By east the lile of May," says he, " twelve miles from all land in the German seas, lyes a great hidden rock, called... | |
| Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 Seiten
...of God. Upon this tradition Southey composed the pathetic ballad of THE BELL OF THE INCHCAPE ROCK. An old writer mentions a curious tradition which may be worth quoting. "By east of the Isle of May," says he, "twelve miles from all laud in the German seas, lyes a great hidden rock,... | |
| Robert Southey - 1860 - 256 Seiten
...weight than that millstone lay On Ramiro's soul at his dying day. BRISTOL, 1802. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. AN old writer mentions a curious tradition which may...worth quoting. " By east the Isle of May," says he, tl twelve miles from all land in the German seas, lyes a great hidden rock, called Inchcape, very dangerous... | |
| Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 Seiten
...the auld story ower again — freens gree best separate." THE INCHCAPE BELL. By east the Isle of May, twelve miles from all land, in the Germayne Seas, lyes a great hidden rocke, called Inchcape, very dangerous for navigators, because it is overflowed everie tide. It is... | |
| David Stevenson - 1878 - 334 Seiten
...Commissioner, to the different lightkeepers and the other officers of the Board." APPENDIX. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. AN old writer mentions a curious tradition, which may be worth quoting. " By cast the Isle of May," says he, " twelve miles from all laud in the German Seas, lyes a great hidden... | |
| Robert Southey - 1880 - 728 Seiten
...dying day. BRISTOL, 1802. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. As old writer mentions a curious tradition which may b« worth quoting. " By east the Isle of May," says he, " twelve miles from all land in the German sens, lyes a great hidden rock, called Inchcape, very dangerous for navigators, because it is... | |
| George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 Seiten
...still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion, Her keel was steady in the ocean. 1 An old writer mentions a curious tradition which may...May," says he, " twelve miles from all land in the German seas, lyes a great hidden rock, called luchcape, very dangerous for navigators, because it is... | |
| Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 Seiten
...For he never vouchsafed me a sitting before, And I must give the Devil his due." THE INCHCAPE ROCK. An old writer mentions a curious tradition which may...May," says he, "twelve miles from all land in the German seas, lyes a great hidden rock, called Inchcape, very dangerous for navigators, because it is... | |
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