 So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, "'Twere better by far,...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 181808Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door and the charger stood near: So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...and plume ; And the bridemaidens whispered, " ' Twere better, by far, To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...and plume ; And the bridemaidens whispered, " ' Twere better, by far, To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...blume, • — And the bride-maidens whisper'd, '"Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar ! " One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, —... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...and plume , And the bride-maidens whisperM, " 'Twere better by far, To have match d our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1852 - 466 pages
...the black torrents, the silent forests that I fancied were concealed there. CHAPTER XII. ILL-LUCK. " One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger Mood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...and plume ; And the bridemaidens whispered, " ' Twere better, by far. To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...bonnet and plume, And the bridemaidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar ! " One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - Elocution - 1854 - 460 pages
...and plume, But the bride-maidens whisper'd, " 'Twere better by far " To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar !" One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...maidens whispered: " 'Twere better by far, To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." 7. One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near, So light to the croup, the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
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