 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...well pardon in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought : Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said,...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. The beautiful line, ' Taking the dead man by the hand,' will put the reader in mind of ./Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...well pardon in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought : Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my laud. O Christ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake; For sure a more renowned knight... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought. ' Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took ' The dead man by the hand, ' And said, Earl...Christ ! my very heart doth bleed ' With sorrow for thy sa!;e; ' For sure a more renowned knight ' Mischance did never take.' • That beautiful line, Taking... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought. ' Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took ' The dead man by the hand, ' And said, Earl...Christ ! my very heart doth bleed ' With sorrow for tin sake ; ' For sure a more renowned knight ' Mischance did never take.' That beautiful line, Taking... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...well pardon in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought : Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would II rail lost my land. O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure a more... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought. Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas,...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. That beautiful line, taking the dead man by the hand, will put the reader in mind of ^Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought. Then leaving life, Earl Piercy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas,...sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take. That beautiful line, taking the dead man by the hand, will put the reader in mind of ^Eneas's behaviour... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 pages
...all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy sees me fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, Earl Douglas,...renowned knight Mischance did never take. A knight among the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas dye, Who streight in wrath did vow revenge Upon the... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - Otterburn, Battle of, 1388, in literature - 1813 - 128 pages
...all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy sees me fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, Earl Douglas,...renowned knight Mischance did never take. A knight among the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas dye, Who streight in wrath did vow revenge Upon the... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...merry men all ; ' For why, my life is at an end, '• Lord Percy sees my fall !' Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said,...very heart doth bleed, ' With sorrow for thy sake ; A knight amongst the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas die, Who straight in wrath did vow revenge... | |
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With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall. 
