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The Inchcape Rock
1802 ballad by Robert Southey
"The Inchcape Rock" is a ballad written by English poet Robert Southey.
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Published in 1802, it tells the story of a 14th-century attempt by the Abbot of Arbroath ("Aberbrothock") to install a warning bell on Inchcape, a notorious sandstone reef about 11 miles (18 km) off the east coast of Scotland.
The poem tells how the bell was removed by a pirate, who subsequently perished on the reef while returning to Scotland in bad weather some time later.
Like many of Southey's ballads "The Inchcape Rock" describes a supernatural event, but its basic theme is that those who do bad things will ultimately be punished accordingly and poetic justice done.
Biographical background and publication
Southey wrote the poem between 1796 and 1798[1] for The Morning Post, but it was not published until 1802.[1] His inspiration was the legend of a pirate who removed a bell on Inchcape placed there by the Abbot of Arb
