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Page 5 - 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 timorous sail.
Page 39 - was also sooner extinguished this morning than usual; and the volumes of smoke having ceased, objects in every direction became visible from all parts of the rock. After having had about three hours' work, the men began pretty generally to make towards their respective boats for their jackets and stockings, when, to their
Page 42 - visitor proved to be James Spink, the Bell Rock pilot, who had come express from Arbroath with letters. Spink had for some time seen the ' Smeaton,' and had even supposed, from the state of the weather, that all hands were on board of her, till he approached more nearly and observed people
Page 41 - from the boats; that a specified number of men should go into each boat, and that the remainder should hang by the gunwales, while the boats were to be rowed gently towards the ' Smeaton,' as the course to the ' Pharos' or floating-light lay rather to windward of the rock. But when he attempted to speak, his mouth was so
Page 40 - the boat and attempt our relief. The workmen looked steadfastly upon the writer, and turned occasionally towards the vessel, still far to leeward. All this passed in the most perfect silence, and the melancholy solemnity of the group made an impression never to be effaced from his mind.
Page 45 - the Beacon), when he rang the alarm-bell, and all hands turned out to attend to their personal safety. The floor of the smith's or mortar gallery was now completely burst up by the force of the sea, when the whole of the deals and the remaining articles upon the floor were swept
Page 33 - But the vessel rolled at such a rate that the seamen could not possibly keep their feet at the windlass, nor work the handspokes, though it had been several times attempted since the gale took off. "About twelve noon, however, the vessel's motion was observed to be considerably less, and the sailors were enabled
Page 38 - —so that in this way about one-half of our number was unprovided for. Under these circumstances, had the writer ventured to dispatch one of the boats, in expectation of either working the 'Smeaton' sooner up towards the rock, or in hopes of getting her boat brought to
Page 37 - There were this morning in all thirty-two persons on the rock, with only two boats, whose complement, even in good weather, did not exceed twenty-four sitters; but to row to the floating-light with so much wind, and in so heavy a sea, a complement of eight men for each boat was as much as could with propriety be attempted
Page 1 - to an Orcadian pilot of the badness of his sails, his reply was, " Had it been God's will that you came na' here wi' your lights we might a' had better sails to our boats and more o' other things.