| Walter Scott - 1886 - 366 pages
...ways of this varld, whilk it is muckle to be doubted that bo never will do." CHAPTER TWENTY- FIFTH. Why flames the far summit — why shoot to the blast...embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? — Tis the fire-shoiver of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyry, that beacons the darkness of Heaven. CAMPBELL.... | |
| Gilbert Samuel Macquoid - Ballads, Scots - 1888 - 574 pages
...exultingly forth, From his home, in the dark rolling clouds of the north ? Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction...embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? Tis the fire shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh,... | |
| Charles Mackay - English language - 1888 - 444 pages
...The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. — MtLTON. "Its the fire shower of ruin all dreadfully driven From his eyrie that beacons the darkness of heaven. —CAMPBELL : Lockiets Warning. Eytyn, Etyn, Etaine, Aiten, RedAiten. This word, with its different... | |
| Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1883 - 236 pages
...dark-rolling clouds of the North T Lo! the death-shot of foemeu outspeeding, he rode Oompanionless, bearing destruction abroad ; But down let him stoop...fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyry, that beacons tlie darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel! the peerless in might, Whose banners... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...exultingly forth From his home in the dark rolling clouds of the north Î Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction...for the spoiler is nigh. Why flames the far summit Î Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast Î 'Tis the flre-shower... | |
| William James Rolfe - Scotland - 1891 - 232 pages
...exultingly forth =s From his home in the dark-rolling clouds of the North ? Lo! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction...— Ah! home let him speed, for the spoiler is nigh. 30 Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast?... | |
| William James Rolfe - Scotland - 1891 - 234 pages
...down let him stoop from his havoc on high — Ah ! home let him speed, for the spoiler is nigh. 3° Why flames the far summit ? Why shoot to the blast...stars from the firmament cast? 'Tis the fire-shower ofru'1n, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons' the darkness of heaven. O crested Lochiel,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1893 - 436 pages
...this warld, whilk it is muckle to be doubted that he never will do." — CHAPTER V. Why flames yon far summit — why shoot to the blast Those embers,...the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From thine eyry, that beacons the darkness of Heaven. CAMPBELL. THE circumstances announced in the conclusion... | |
| William Marvel Nevin - English literature - 1895 - 526 pages
...exultingly forth From his home in the dark rolling clouds of the North ? Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode, Companionless, bearing destruction...dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the blackness of Heaven. Ah, crested Lochiel 1 the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements'... | |
| Walter Scott - 1895 - 542 pages
...to be doubted that he never will do." — . >> '. ,-, VOL. xiv. 2 n CHAPTER XXVI. \VTiy flames yon far summit — why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? — 'Tia the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From thine eyry, that beacons the darkness... | |
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