Who ill deserved my courteous' care, And whose best boast is but to wear A braid of his fair lady's hair.' 'I thank thee, Roderick, for the word! It nerves my heart, it steels my sword ; For I have sworn this braid to stain In the best blood that warms... The Lady of the Lake: A Poem - Page 210by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 433 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...thought, and hold thy valour light As that of some vain carpet-knight, Who ill deserved my courteous care, And whose best boast is but to wear A braid of his...that warms thy vein. Now, truce, farewell ! and ruth, be gone ! — Yet think not that by thee alone, Proud Chief ! can courtesy be shewn ; Though not from... | |
| 1810 - 590 pages
...'Saxon, exasperated at this expression, like jEneas with the sight of Pallas's girdle, exclaims, " I thank thee, Roderick ! for -the word ; It nerves...braid to stain In the best blood that warms thy vein." He adds that he, too, could now summon fearful odds against the chieftain, by a single blast of his... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...vain carpet-knight, Who ill deserved my courteous care, And whose hest hoast is hut to wear A hraid of his fair lady's hair." — " I thank thee, Roderick,...the word ! It nerves my heart, it steels my sword ; Forl have sworn this hraid to stain In the hest hlood that warms thy vein. Now, truce, farewell !... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...thought, and hold thy valour light As that of some vain carpet knight, Who ill deserved my courteous care, And whose best boast is but to wear A braid of his...hair."— —" I thank thee, Roderick, for the word I It nerves my heart, it steels my sword ; For I have sworn, this braid to stain In the best blood... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...braid to stain In the best blood that warms thy vein. Now, truce, farewell ! and ruth, be gone ! — Yet think not that by thee alone, Proud chief! can courtesy be shown ; Though not from copse, or heath, or cairn, Start at my whistle clansmen stern, Of this small... | |
| John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...whose best boast is but to wear _._.•' A braid of his fair lady's hair." I thank thee, Rhoderic, for the word It nerves my heart, it steels my sword...w'arms thy vein. Now truce farewell! and ruth begone! Proud chief! can courtesy be shown ; Though not from copse, or heath or cairn, Start at my whistle... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...thought, and hold thy valour light As that of some vain carpet knight, Who ill deserved my courteous care, And whose best boast is but to wear A braid of his fair lady's hair. [Pointing to a braid on James's breast.] James. I thank thee, Roderick, for the word; It nerves my... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...boast is but to wear A braid of his fair lady's hair. [Pointing to a braid on James's breast.] James. I thank thee, Roderick, for the word; It nerves my heart, it steels my sword, I had it from a frantick maid By thee dishonoured and betrayed; And I have sworn the braid to stain... | |
| Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...— Ğ 1 1! i. ink thee, Roderick, for the word! It nerve* my heart, it steels my sword ; For I hağe sworn, this braid to stain In the best blood that warms thy vein. Sow, truce, farewell ! and, ruth, begone!— Vet tbiok not that by thee alone, il chief! can coortc&y... | |
| Walter Scott - Lady of the Lake (Legendary character) - 1838 - 394 pages
...thought, and hold thy valour light As that of some vain carpet-knight, Who ill deserved my courteous care, And whose best boast is but to wear A braid of his...thy vein. Now, truce, farewell! and ruth, begone! Yet think not that by thee alone, Proud Chief! can courtesy be shewn ; Though not from copse, or heath,... | |
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