| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...Inscription for a Lighthouse. Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep ; Л ruddy gem of changeful light Bound on the dusky brow...lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail. Poeta. Vatem illum rapuit mors inmatura, sepulcroqve Invidere homines, grati pietate laboris •. Sed... | |
| English literature - 1814 - 644 pages
...Far in the bosom of (lie deep, O'er theģe wild shelves my watch I keep • A ruddy gem of changtful light Bound on the dusky brow of night: The seaman...his timorous sail " WALTER SCOTT, July 30, 1814." The number of visitors since the erection of the fabric, is 1376. Car Rm •/-. -It was formerly conjectured... | |
| Europe - 1816 - 890 pages
...the party breakfasted, and experienced much civility and attention from the watchmen. In the small library the strangers found the appropriate volume...his timorous sail." " Walter Scott, July 30, 1814. The number of visitors, since the erection of the fabric, it appeared, was 1376. 8th — As a poor... | |
| 1819 - 552 pages
...was permitted to copy: " Far in the bosom of the deep O'er the wild shelves my watch 1 keep, A nnl.lv gem of changeful light Bound on the dusky brow of night; The seaman bids my lustre hail, I And scorns to strike bis timorous sail.'' ' Continuing my route towards the north, I visited the... | |
| Science - 1825 - 616 pages
...peculiar Structure of that Edifice. 1 vol. 4to. pp. 534. By ROBERT STEVENSON, Esq. FRSE Civil Engineer. " Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves...lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail." SIB WALTER SCOTT. IF England has justly boasted of the Eddystone Lighthouse as one of the greatest... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...highlywrought passages in " Paradise Lost." BELL-BOCK LIGHT-HOUSE. LATELY, a small party visited the Bell-Rock Light-house, and were highly gratified with its majestic...I. I RELIQUE OF BURNS. THE following verses, in the hand-writing of Burns, are copied from a bank-note in the possession of Mr. James F. Grade, of Dumfries.... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 328 pages
...highlywrought passages in " Paradise Lost." BELL-ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE. LATELY, a small party visited the Bell-Rock Light-house, and were highly gratified with its majestic...timorous sail. WALTER SCOTT, July 30, 1814." VOL. I. I 116 POETRY AND POETS. RELIQUE OF BL'RNS. THE following verses, in the hand- writing of Burns, are copied... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep ; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound OD the dusky brow of night: The seaman bids my lustre...I. I RELIQUE OF BURNS. THE following verses, in the hand-writing of Burns, are copied from a bank-note in the possession of Mr. James F. Gracie, of Dumfries.... | |
| English literature - 1828 - 500 pages
...bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep ;. A ruddy gem of cbaageful light, Hound on the dusky brow of night : The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail. DICTIONARY OF MODERN LIFE. Age, An infirmity nobody owns. At Hamt. The domestic amusement of three... | |
| Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...the bosom of the deep, O'er these wide shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful liyht, HounJ on the dusky brow of night; The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his tinrrous sail. WALTER Scorr. ESPRIT DE CORPS. Old Captain Humdrum, Being sent home in rum, The Tars,... | |
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