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" 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 - Page ix
by William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1806 - 215 pages
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The shipwreck, with life by R. Carruthers, illustr. by B. Foster

William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...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...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 14

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...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....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...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....
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The shipwreck, a poem. With additional notes, and a sketch of the author's ...

William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pages
...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...
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The shipwreck (embellished with engr. from the designs of R. Westall).

William Falconer - 1822 - 192 pages
...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...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 332 pages
...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...
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The Miscellaneous Tracts of the Late William Withering: To which ..., Volume 1

William Withering - Medicine - 1822 - 534 pages
...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...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 7

Christianity - 1825 - 628 pages
...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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The shipwreck, by W. Falconer, with a sketch of his life

William Falconer - 1825 - 126 pages
...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...
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The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, Volume 7

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1825 - 638 pages
...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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