The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 2Little, Brown & Company; Shepard, Clark and Brown, 1857 - Poetry, English |
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... beneath , seemed as if they still demanded the fugitives in accents of thunder , as their destined prey " ? It is curious , however , that he has marred an other- wise magnificent passage by the gross blunder of making the sun set in ...
... beneath , seemed as if they still demanded the fugitives in accents of thunder , as their destined prey " ? It is curious , however , that he has marred an other- wise magnificent passage by the gross blunder of making the sun set in ...
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... beneath the evening beam , Fair Tweed reflects their purple gleam ; Away hath passed the heather - bell That bloomed so rich on Needpath - fell ; Sallow his brow , and russet bare Are now the sister - heights of Yare . The sheep ...
... beneath the evening beam , Fair Tweed reflects their purple gleam ; Away hath passed the heather - bell That bloomed so rich on Needpath - fell ; Sallow his brow , and russet bare Are now the sister - heights of Yare . The sheep ...
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... Beneath each banner proud to stand , Looked up the noblest of the land , Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone . 142 150 160 170 Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er framed in 6 [ CANTO SCOTT'S ...
... Beneath each banner proud to stand , Looked up the noblest of the land , Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone . 142 150 160 170 Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er framed in 6 [ CANTO SCOTT'S ...
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... beneath the stone , Where - taming thought to human pride ! — The mighty chiefs sleep side by side . Drop upon Fox's grave the tear , ' Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT's the mournful requiem sound , And Fox's shall the ...
... beneath the stone , Where - taming thought to human pride ! — The mighty chiefs sleep side by side . Drop upon Fox's grave the tear , ' Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT's the mournful requiem sound , And Fox's shall the ...
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... As from the field , beneath her pail , She trips it down the uneven dale : 209 220 230 240 Meeter for me , by yonder cairn , The ancient 8 [ CANTO SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS . THE VISION, CONCLUSION, INTRODUCTION, THE VISION,
... As from the field , beneath her pail , She trips it down the uneven dale : 209 220 230 240 Meeter for me , by yonder cairn , The ancient 8 [ CANTO SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS . THE VISION, CONCLUSION, INTRODUCTION, THE VISION,
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Abbess ancient Angus arms array band battle battle of Flodden beneath bold called CANTO castle Clare cross dark death deep Don Roderick Douglas Earl Earl of Mar Edinburgh English Ettrick Forest fair fame fate fear fell fight fire Fitz-Eustace Flodden foes gallant genius grave Guenever Guy Mannering hall hand hath heard heart Heaven hill holy Holy Island honour horse James James IV King King's knight Lady land light Lindesay Lindisfarne Lockhart look Lord Marmion loud minstrel Monarch monks mountain ne'er never noble Norham Northumberland NOTE o'er Palmer pass Perchance proud romance round royal rude ruins Saint Saint Hilda scarce scene Scotland Scott Scottish Scottish March seemed shield Sir Launcelot sound spear squire steed stood sword tale Tamworth Tantallon tell thee thou thought tide tower Twas Tweed wall Whitby Whitby's wild Wilton Zaragoza
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Page 190 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 133 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
Page 131 - Eske river where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all.
Page 176 - Not lighter does the swallow skim Along the smooth lake's level brim : And when Lord Marmion reached his band, He halts, and turns with clenched hand, And shout of loud defiance pours, And shook his gauntlet at the towers. " Horse ! horse ! " the Douglas cried, " and chase I * But soon he reined his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name.
Page 303 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 191 - Or injured Constance, bathes my head !" Then, as remembrance rose, — " Speak not to me of shrift or prayer ! I must redress her woes. Short space, few words, are mine to spare ; Forgive and listen, gentle Clare !" — " Alas !" she said, " the while,— O think of your immortal weal ! In vain for Constance is your zeal ; She- died at Holy Isle.
Page 71 - Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying; Eleu loro There shall he be lying.
Page 64 - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms ; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When, pouring from their Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away. While...
Page 155 - HEAP on more wood ! — the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, We '11 keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer : Even, heathen yet, the savage Dane At lol more deep the mead did drain, High on the beach his galleys drew, And feasted all his pirate crew ; Then in his low and pine-built hall, Where...
Page 175 - Douglas' head ! And first, I tell thee, haughty Peer, He, who does England's message here, Although the meanest in her state, May well, proud Angus, be thy mate : And, Douglas, more I tell thee here, Even in thy pitch of pride, Here in thy hold, thy vassals near...