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" I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their... "
Life of Sir Henry Lawrence - Page 71
by Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872
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The poetical works of sir Walter Scott. With memoir of the author

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 678 pages
...war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero boune for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! " Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground, Their centre ranks, with pike...
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Thrilling Stories of the Great Rebellion: Comprising Heroic Adventures and ...

Charles S. Greene - United States - 1865 - 412 pages
...brave rider and each straining steed members of one huge creature, enormous, terrible, irresistible. " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array." They pass the fair ground. They are at the corner of the lane where the wood begins. It runs close to the...
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The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape

Albert Deane Richardson - United States - 1865 - 556 pages
...their bright muskets, clean uniforms, and floating flags, Hooker' s men moved on with assured faces. "'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array." 'With a very heavy force of skirmishers, we pushed on, finding no enemy. Our line was three-quarters...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 3

Walter Scott - 1866 - 368 pages
...Stirling, 1806, p. 20. I have only to add to this account, that the heroine's name was Helen Stuart. 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI. " Their light-arm'd archers far and near Survey'd the tangled ground, Their centre ranks, with...
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A Woman's First Impressions of Europe: Being Wayside Sketches Made During a ...

Mrs. E. A. Forbes - Europe - 1865 - 368 pages
...swords and knives of all descriptions. I remember Mrs. Hemans' exclamation at the sight of this room, " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array." There was the cuirass of James the Fourth, and relics of I know not how many scions of royalty. But...
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A Woman's First Impressions of Europe: Being Wayside Sketches Made During a ...

Mrs. E. A. Forbes - Europe - 1865 - 376 pages
...swords and knives of all descriptions. I remember Mrs. Hemans' exclamation at the sight of this room, " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array." There was the cuirass of James the Fourth, and relics of I know not how many scions of royalty. But...
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Record of the 114th Regiment, N. Y. S. V.: Where it Went, what it Saw, and ...

Harris H. Beecher - New York (State) - 1866 - 908 pages
...glittering sabres, waving banners, and battle flags all tattered and torn, everywhere met the view. , " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life. One glance at their array." One would suppose there was force enough here to whip out all rebeldom, especially to swallow up and...
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Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865

Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...rider and each straining steed members of one huge creature, enormous, terrible, irresistible. • ' 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array.' reel and fall, but the troop presses forward undismayed. The farther corner of the wood is reached,...
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Incidents and Anecdotes of the War: With Narratives of Great Battles, Great ...

Orville James Victor - United States - 1866 - 554 pages
...and cach straining steed members of one huge creature, enormous, terrible, irresistible. " 'T were worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array." They pass the fair-ground. They arc at the corner of the lane whero the wood begins. It runs close to the...
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Poetical works. With a biogr. and critical memoir by F.T. Palgrave

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 pages
...war, That up the lake comes winding far 1 Tu hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI. " Theirlight-arm'd archers far and near Survey'd the tangled ground. Their centre ranks, with...
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