Far in the bosom of the deep, O-er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night: The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his tim'rous sail. Our home islands [by T. Milner - Page 151by Thomas Milner - 1857Full view - About this book
| A. M. Trotter - 1878 - 160 pages
...in princely state. 28. At length the freshening western blast Aside the shroud of battle cast. 23. Far in the bosom of the deep O'er these wild shelves...changeful light. Bound on the dusky brow of night. SO. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes ne er had learned to stray. ? -... | |
| 1878 - 926 pages
...superintendence of, Mr. Alan Stevenson, son of Mr. Robert Stevenson, engineer of the Bell Rock lighthouse. " Far in the bosom of the deep O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep, A ruddy Rem of changeful light Bound on the dusky brow of night. The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns... | |
| Benjamin Blower - 1878 - 158 pages
...bosom of the deep, On these wild shelves my watch I keep ; A ruddy gleam of changeful light, Bound in the dusky brow of night ; The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his tim'rous sail.1' — Scott. But what shall we say of the strand; the sands between the Ferry and the... | |
| 1880 - 588 pages
...visited the tower in 1814, and left the following carte de visile in the album of the lighthouse : — ' Pharos loquitur. Far in the bosom of the deep O'er...Bound on the dusky brow of night ; The seaman bids ray lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail.' In the same year in which he wrote the above... | |
| Walter Scott - 1880 - 406 pages
...ISLES. OCCASIONAL PIECES, NOT CONTAINED IN ANY FORMER EDITION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS. PHAROS LOQUITUR.* FAR in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And... | |
| William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 pages
...is 115 feet, and diameter at the base 42 feet. See INCHCAPE ROCK. Far in the bosom of the deep. OVr these wild shelves my watch I keep ; A ruddy gem of changeful light. Hound on the dusky brow of night ; Thp seaman bids my lustre hail. And scorns tj strike his timorous... | |
| William Adolphus Wheeler - 1882 - 608 pages
...in October, 1810. Its total height is 115 feet, and diameter at the base 42 feet. See INCHCAPE ROCK. Far In the bosom of the deep. O'er these wild shelves...my watch I keep ; A ruddy gem of changeful light. Hound on the dusky brow of night ; The seaman bids my lustre hall. And scorns tc» strike his timorous... | |
| Walter Scott - 1882 - 780 pages
...feverish dreams. Who speaks of other objects than tk present, And mutters like to him who sees 1 544 545 PHAROS LOQUITUR.* FAR in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I A ruddy gem of changeful light, Kound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And... | |
| 1882 - 778 pages
...of Misraim and the farfamed city of Alexander the Great On the horizon flashed one fiery spark — A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night. The morning star had not yet paled before the dawn, and no prosaic reality was visible to dull our early... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1882 - 250 pages
...visited by Sir Walter Scott in 1814, soon after its completion, which occasioned the lines from him : -PHAROS LOQUITUR. Far in the bosom of the deep O'er these wild shelres my watch I keep, A ruddy gem of changeful light Bound on the dusky brow of night. The seaman... | |
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