O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd ; High the screaming sea-mew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The whirling blast, and wildly flung On each tall rampart's thundering side... A Tour Through Cornwall, in the Autumn of 1808 - Page 333by Richard Warner - 1809 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 pages
...Themes of British glory chose; And to the strings of various chime Attemper'd thus the fabling rhyme. " O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, " High the screaming sea-mew soar'd; " On Tintaggel's topmost tower " Darksome fell the sleety shower ; " Round the rough castle shrilly sung... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...Themes of British glory chose ; And to the strings of various chime Attemper'd thus the fabling rhyme. " O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, " High the screaming sea-mew soar'd ; " On Tintaggel's topmost tower " Darksome fell the sleety shower ; " Round the rough castle shrilly sung... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...of British glory chose; And to the strings of various chime Attemper'd thus the fabling rhyme — ' O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, High the screaming seamew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's* topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...of British glory chose; And to the strings of various chime Attemper'd thus the fabling rhyme — ' O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, High the screaming seamew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's * topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The... | |
| Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale - Cornwall (England : County) - 1824 - 406 pages
...rough Castle shrilly »ung The whistling blast, and wildly flung On each tall rampart's tlmnd'ring side The surges of the trembling tide. When Arthur rang'd his red-cross ranks, On conscious Camban's crimson banks, By Mordred's faithless guide decreed, Beneath a Saxon spear to bleed ! After... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...of British glory chose ; And to the strings of various chime Attemper'd thus the fabling rhyme : ' O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd ; High the screaming sea-mew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...of liritieh glory chose ; And to the strings of various chime Attemper'd thus the fabling rhyme. " O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, High the screaming seamew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sang The... | |
| Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...of British glory chose ; And to the strings of various chime Atternper'd thus the fabling rhyme. " O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, High the screaming sea-mew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 pages
...British glory chose ; And to the strings of various chime Attemper'd thus the fabling rhyme : so " O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, High the screaming sea-mew soar'd ; On Tintaggel's 5 topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The... | |
| Robert Hunt - Cornwall (England : County) - 1865 - 328 pages
...on the banks of the river, may not the names given to the town and river be derived from Camulus? " O'er Cornwall's cliffs the tempest roar'd, High the screaming sea-mew soar'd ; On Tintagel's topmost tower Darksome fell the sleety shower ; Round the rough castle shrilly sung The whirling blast, and... | |
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