 No STIR in the air, no stir in the sea: The ship was still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion; Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock; So little they...  Selected Poems of Robert Southey - Page 280by Robert Southey - 1888 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...The little maid would have her will, And said, " Nay, we are seven ! " WORDSWORTH. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea The ship was...steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape rock ; So little they rose, so little they fell.... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...E. Grey. 20 THE INCHCAPE BOCK. BY SOUTHEY. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ehip was as still as she could be : Her sails from heaven received...steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock. The waves flow'd over the Inchcape Eoek ; So little they rose, so little they fell,... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 390 pages
...exemplify my meaning in the beginning stanzas of that exquisite ballad, the " Inchcape Rock :" — " No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was...steady in the ocean. " Without either sign or sound of their shock The waves flow'd o'er the Inchcape Rock ; So little they rose, so little they fell,... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 408 pages
...exemplify my meaning in the beginning stanzas of that exquisite ballad, the " Inchcape Rock:"— " No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was...steady in the ocean. " Without either sign or sound of their shock The waves flow'd o'er the Inchcape Rock ; So little they rose, so little they fell,... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 pages
...hounds. SCOTT. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was still as she might be ; Her sails from heaven received no motion —...steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock ; So little they rose, so little they fell,... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 pages
...bounds ; So flies the dolphin from the shark, Or the deer before the hounds. SCOTT. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was still as she might be ; Her sails from heaven received no motion — Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 234 pages
...bounds ; So flies the dolphin from the shark, Or the deer before the hounds. SCOTT. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was still as she might be ; Her sails from heaven received no motion — Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...Why, that I cannot tell," said he, " But 't was a famous victory." THE INCHCAPE ROCK. — Souihey. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was...steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape rock ; So little they rose, so little they fell,... | |
 | Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 pages
...thereafter he perished upon the same rocke, with ship and goodes, in the righteous judgment of God." No stir in the air, no stir in the sea ; The ship...steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flow'd over the Inchcape Rock ; So little they rose, so little they fell,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...Why, that I cannot tell," said he, " But 't was a famous victory." THE INCHCAPE ROCK. — Southey. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was...steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The wa\es flowed over the Inchcape rock; So little they rose, so little they fell,... | |
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