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s she could be	A
Her sails from heaven received no motion	B
Her keel was steady in the ocean	B
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Without either sign or sound of their shock	C
The waves flow d over the Inchcape Rock	C
So little they rose so little they fell	D
They did not move the Inchcape Bell	D
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The Abbot of Aberbrothok	C
Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock	C
On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung	C
And over the waves its warning rung	C
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When the Rock was hid by the surge s swell	D
The Mariners heard the warning Bell	D
And then they knew the perilous Rock	C
And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok	C
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The Sun in the heaven was shining gay	C
All things were joyful on that day	C
The sea birds scream d as they wheel d round	E
And there was joyaunce in their sound	E
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The buoy of the Inchcpe Bell was seen	F
A darker speck on the ocean green	F
Sir Ralph the Rover walk d his deck	C
And fix d his eye on the darker speck	C
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He felt the cheering power of spring	C
It made him whistle it made him sing	C
His heart was mirthful to excess	G
But the Rover s mirth was wickedness	H
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His eye was on the Inchcape Float	I
Quoth he My men put out the boat	I
And row me to the Inchcape Rock	C
And I ll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok	C
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The boat is lower d the boatmen row	J
And to the Inchcape Rock they go	J
Sir Ralph bent over from the boat	I
And he cut the bell from the Inchcape Float	I
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Down sank the Bell with a gurgling sound	E
The bubbles rose and burst around	E
Quoth Sir Ralph The next who comes to the Rock	C
Won t bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok	C
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Sir ralph the Rover sail d away	C
He scour d the seas for many a day	C
And now grown rich with plunder d store	K
He steers his course for Scotland s shore	K
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So thick a haze o erspreads the sky	C
They cannot see the sun on high	C
The wind hath blown a gale all day	C
At evening it hath died away	C
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On the deck the Rover takes his stand	L
So dark it is they see no land	L
Quoth Sir Ralph It will be lighter soon	M
For there is the dawn of the rising Moon	M
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Canst hear said one the breakers roar	K
For methinks we should be near the shore	K
Now where we are I cannot tell	D
But I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell	D
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They hear no sound the swell is strong	C
Though the wind hath fallen they drift along	C
Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock	C
Oh Christ It is the Inchcape Rock	C
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Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair	N
He curst himself in his despair	N
The waves rush in on every side	O
The ship is sinking beneath the tide	O
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But even is his dying fear	P
One dreadful sound could the Rover hear	Q
A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell	D
The Devil below was ringing his knell	D

Robert Southey

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