Thus o'er the flood four hours she scudding flew, When Falconera's rugged cliffs they view, Faintly along the larboard bow descried, As o'er its mountain tops the lightnings glide. High o'er its summit, through the gloom of night, The glimmering watch-tower... The Shipwreck: A Poem - Страница ixпо William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1806 - 215 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| William Falconer - 1868 - 180 страници
...anon, " Look out afore!" Thus o'er the flood four hours she scudding flew, When Falconera's rugged cliffs they view Faintly along the larboard bow descried,...night, The glimmering watch-tower cast a mournful light : In dire amazement rivetted they stand, And hear the breakers lash the rugged strand— But scarce... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 страници
...anon, '* look out ajoré !" Thus o'er the flood four hours she st-udding flew, When Falconera's rugged cliffs they view Faintly along the larboard bow descried, As o'er its mountain tops the lightnings glide ; 1 To square the yards, in this place, is meant to arrange them directly athwart the ship's length.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 страници
...noli nut aft/re!" Tims o'er the fl'iod four hours she scudding flew, When Falconcra's vircerl clifTs they view Faintly along the larboard bow descried, As o'er its mountain tops the lightnings glide; 1 To square the yards, in this place, is meant to arrange them directly athwart the ship's length.... | |
| William Falconer - 1811 - 252 страници
...Falconcra. Four hours thus scudding on the tide she flew, "When FALCONERA'S rocky height they view ; High o'er its summit, through the gloom of night, The glimmering Watch-tower casts a mournful light. PLATE XVII. PASSING ST. GEORGE— PAGE 101. Daybreak now appears in the eastern... | |
| William Falconer - 1822 - 192 страници
...anon, " Look out afore! " Thus o'er the flood four hours she scudding flew, When Falconera's rugged cliffs they view, Faintly along the larboard bow descried,...night The glimmering watchtower cast a mournful light: In dire amazement riveted they stand, And hear the breakers lash the rugged strand— . But scarce... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 332 страници
...at the place where the plunks arch inwards, and terminating where they close at the stern or prow. Faintly along the larboard bow descried, As o'er its...night, The glimmering watch-tower cast a mournful light : In dire amazement rivetted they stand, And hear the breakers lash the rugged strand — But scarce... | |
| William Withering - 1822 - 534 страници
...England were for the moment saddened, and, when over the bar, the last glimpse of Portugal, where " High o'er its summit, through the gloom of night, The glimmering watch-tower casts a mournful light," was viewed with melancholy. The packets, usually conveying a considerable... | |
| 1825 - 628 страници
...says ;— Four hours thus scudding on the tide she flew, When Falconera's rocky height they view ; High o'er its summit, through the gloom of night, The glimmering watch-tower casts a mournful light. Which leads one to suppose it inhabited at the time of his writing, and possessing... | |
| William Falconer - 1825 - 126 страници
...out afore ! Four hours thus scudding on the tide she flew, When Falconera's rocky height they view ; High o'er its summit, through the gloom of night, The glimmering watch-tower cast a mournful light. In dire amazement rivetted they stand, And here the breakers lash the rugged strand : But soon beyond... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 638 страници
...says : — Four hours thus scudding on the tide she flew, When Falconera's rocky height they view ; High o'er its summit, through the gloom of night, The glimmering watch-tower casts a mournful light. Which leads one to suppose it inhabited at the time of his writing, and possessing... | |
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