The Poetical Works of Sir Walter ScottPhillips, Sampson, & Company, 1852 - 580 pages |
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... cheer ; No son , to be his father's stay , And guide him on the rugged way ? 66 Aye ! once he had but he was dead ! " Upon the harp he stooped his head , And busied himself the strings withal , To hide the tear , that fain would fall ...
... cheer ; No son , to be his father's stay , And guide him on the rugged way ? 66 Aye ! once he had but he was dead ! " Upon the harp he stooped his head , And busied himself the strings withal , To hide the tear , that fain would fall ...
Page 64
... A moment changed that Ladye's cheer , Gushed to her eye the unbidden tear ; She gazed upon the leaders round , And dark and sad each warrior frowned : Then , deep within her sobbing breast She locked the 64 LAY OF THE.
... A moment changed that Ladye's cheer , Gushed to her eye the unbidden tear ; She gazed upon the leaders round , And dark and sad each warrior frowned : Then , deep within her sobbing breast She locked the 64 LAY OF THE.
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... cheer , In pity half , and half sincere , Marvelled the Duchess how so well His legendary song could tell Of ancient deeds , so long forgot ; Of feuds , whose memory was not ; Of forests , now laid waste and bare ; Of towers , which ...
... cheer , In pity half , and half sincere , Marvelled the Duchess how so well His legendary song could tell Of ancient deeds , so long forgot ; Of feuds , whose memory was not ; Of forests , now laid waste and bare ; Of towers , which ...
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... stout Deloraine ; And how the Ladye prayed them dear , That all would stay the fight to see , And deign , in love and courtesy , To taste of Branksome cheer . Nor , while they bade to feast each Scot , 7 LAST MINSTREL . 73.
... stout Deloraine ; And how the Ladye prayed them dear , That all would stay the fight to see , And deign , in love and courtesy , To taste of Branksome cheer . Nor , while they bade to feast each Scot , 7 LAST MINSTREL . 73.
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... cheer . Some drove the jolly bowl about ; With dice and draughts some chased the day ; And some , with many a merry shout , BELICENCORE TRYCKOLEJJE ALLEGARRIA DE APARECE CANADIAN KOREJAARSELTA ÖZKLÁNCAYA KILTEKNIKUKKASERJEDELLY MIXING ...
... cheer . Some drove the jolly bowl about ; With dice and draughts some chased the day ; And some , with many a merry shout , BELICENCORE TRYCKOLEJJE ALLEGARRIA DE APARECE CANADIAN KOREJAARSELTA ÖZKLÁNCAYA KILTEKNIKUKKASERJEDELLY MIXING ...
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Abbess agen arms band banner battle beneath blood blood-hound bold bower brand Branksome Branksome Hall brave breast bright broadsword brow bugle castle cheer chief clan Clan-Alpine's Clare courser crest cross Dame dark deep Deloraine Douglas dread e'er Ellen fair falchion fear fell fight Fitz-Eustace gallant glance glen grace Grĉme gray hall hand harp hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill holy King knight lady Ladye lake lance land light Lindisfarn lonely look Lord Marmion loud maid merry mingled minstrel Monarch moss-trooper Mount Lebanon mountain ne'er noble Norham o'er pale pennon plaid pride proud ride rock rose round rude rung Saint Saint Hilda Saxon scarce Scotland Scotland's Scottish sire song sound spear spoke steed stern stood strain stream strife sword tale tear tell thee thine thou tide toil tower True Thomas Twas voice warrior wave ween wild wind
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Page 89 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Page 285 - Part we in friendship from your land, And, noble earl, receive my hand." But Douglas round him drew his cloak, Folded his arms, and thus he spoke: "My manors, halls, and bowers shall still Be open, at my sovereign's will, To each one whom he lists, howe'er Unmeet to be the owner's peer. My castles are my king's alone, From turret to foundation-stone; The hand of Douglas is his own, And never shall in friendly grasp The hand of such as Marmion clasp.
Page 303 - The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swell'd the gale, And — STANLEY ! was the cry. A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye ; With dying hand above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted " Victory ! Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on ! " Were the last words of Marmion.
Page 428 - Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might see again; Then foot, and point, and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed.
Page 25 - When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go — but go alone the while...
Page 242 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best, And save his good broadsword he weapons had none ; He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 352 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven : And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! XXII.
Page 102 - And glimmered all the dead men's mail Blazed battlement and pinnet high, Blazed every rose-carved buttress fair — So still they blaze, when fate is nigh The lordly line of high St. Clair.
Page 314 - The stag at eve had drunk his fill, Where danced the moon on Monan's rill, And deep his midnight lair had made In lone Glenartney's hazel shade...
Page 243 - 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 saddle before her he sprung ! — "She is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur! They'll have fleet steeds that follow!