No sooner are the winds at point to rise, Than either Ocean's firths begin to toss And swell, and a dry crackling sound is heard Upon the heights, or one loud ferment booms The beach afar, and through the forest goes A murmur multitudinous.
"The Georgics"
Virgil
Often had he beheld the sea in the firths and estuaries of the North, but never till now had he conceived the grandeur of the great Atlantic.
"Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines"
R.M. Ballantyne
Great numbers of this whale are often caught in the deep bays and firths of Shetland and Orkney.
"Old Jack"
W.H.G. Kingston