The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: The lord of the islesLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, William Miller and John Murray, London; and for A. Constable and Company and John Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh, 1815 - English poetry |
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... lands , by the rough West reproved , Still live some reliques of the ancient lay . For , when on Coolin's hills the lights decay , With such the Seer of Skye the eve beguiles ; ' Tis known amid the pathless wastes of Reay , In Harries ...
... lands , by the rough West reproved , Still live some reliques of the ancient lay . For , when on Coolin's hills the lights decay , With such the Seer of Skye the eve beguiles ; ' Tis known amid the pathless wastes of Reay , In Harries ...
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... st not each galley's topmast bend , As on the yards the sails ascend ? Hiding the dark - blue land they rise , Like the white clouds on April skies ; The shouting vassals man the oars , Behind them sink 5 18 CANTO I. THE LORD OF THE ISLES .
... st not each galley's topmast bend , As on the yards the sails ascend ? Hiding the dark - blue land they rise , Like the white clouds on April skies ; The shouting vassals man the oars , Behind them sink 5 18 CANTO I. THE LORD OF THE ISLES .
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... land , Or yon dark sky , on every hand Despair and death are near . For her alone I grieve - on me Danger sits light by land and sea , I follow where thou wilt ; Either to bide the 26 CANTO I. THE LORD OF THE ISLES .
... land , Or yon dark sky , on every hand Despair and death are near . For her alone I grieve - on me Danger sits light by land and sea , I follow where thou wilt ; Either to bide the 26 CANTO I. THE LORD OF THE ISLES .
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... some brief space we list to own , Bound by a vow - warriors are we ; In strife by land , and storm by sea , We have been known to fame ; C And these brief words have import dear , When sounded CANTO I. THE LORD OF THE ISLES . 33.
... some brief space we list to own , Bound by a vow - warriors are we ; In strife by land , and storm by sea , We have been known to fame ; C And these brief words have import dear , When sounded CANTO I. THE LORD OF THE ISLES . 33.
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... land these two bold brethren leapt , ( The weary crew their vessel kept ) And , lighted by the torches ' flare , That seaward flung their smoky glare , The younger knight that maiden bare Half lifeless up the rock ; On his strong ...
... land these two bold brethren leapt , ( The weary crew their vessel kept ) And , lighted by the torches ' flare , That seaward flung their smoky glare , The younger knight that maiden bare Half lifeless up the rock ; On his strong ...
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Page 99 - But here, - above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 141 - Merrily, merrily goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That guard famed Staffa round.
Page 99 - Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way Through the rude bosom of the hill, And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine, and dark abyss, Tells of the outrage still. The wildest glen, but this, can show Some touch of Nature's genial glow ; On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heath-bells bud in deep...
Page 141 - Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.
Page 98 - I've wander'd o'er, Clombe many a crag, cross'd many a moor, But, by my halidome, A scene so rude, so wild as this, Yet so sublime in barrenness, Ne'er did my wandering footsteps press, Where'er I happ'd to roam.
Page 198 - O ! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! And many a word, at random spoken, , May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Page 303 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 143 - Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! ° His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour; — A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! 12 Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea.
Page 127 - O'er sheets of granite, dark and broad, Rent and unequal, lay the road. In sad discourse the warriors wind, And the mute captive moves behind. , CANTO FOURTH, i. STRANGER ! if e'er thine ardent step hath traced The northern realms of ancient Caledon, Where the proud Queen of Wilderness hath placed, By lake and cataract, her lonely throne ; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents thrown Mingle their echoes with...
Page 328 - I must not omit to relate their way of study, which is very singular : They shut their doors and windows for a day's time, and lie on their backs, with a stone upon their belly, and plads about their heads, and their eyes being covered, they pump their brains for rhetorical encomium or panegyrick ; and indeed they furnish such a style from this dark cell as is understood by very few...