(Ross is derived from a word meaning promontory. A promontory, or headland, is a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water. This is also the name of a region in Scotland.)

Sheer cliffs overlook the billowing tides

The crag endures lashings from all sides

A pinnacle of forbearance resists for its worth

The rebel doubles as barricade between water and earth