The lay of the Scottish fiddle, supposed to be written by Walter Scott [really by J.K. Paulding]. 1st Amer. ed. [Another] 1st Amer. ed. Supposed to be written by W- S-. |
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... wind , To waste his poor remains of life In anxious toil and fruitless strife ; Still that same dog ne'er shrunk the while From nature's frown , or woo'd her smile ; But faithful to his wonted trust , More true than man , than man more ...
... wind , To waste his poor remains of life In anxious toil and fruitless strife ; Still that same dog ne'er shrunk the while From nature's frown , or woo'd her smile ; But faithful to his wonted trust , More true than man , than man more ...
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... wind . The old man rais'd his sightless eye To Him who rules the earth and sky ; And seem'd from out that sightless ball , A tear of hard reproach to fall , That HE , who gave the snake a home , Should leave blind men thus sad to roam ...
... wind . The old man rais'd his sightless eye To Him who rules the earth and sky ; And seem'd from out that sightless ball , A tear of hard reproach to fall , That HE , who gave the snake a home , Should leave blind men thus sad to roam ...
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... wind , Or any other job ; Merrily , merrily he would hie To the castle and hide his spoil ; And when was rais'd a hue and cry , Like holy innocent would smile . XI . Such were his childish feats I ween , 24 THE THREE KNIGHTS .
... wind , Or any other job ; Merrily , merrily he would hie To the castle and hide his spoil ; And when was rais'd a hue and cry , Like holy innocent would smile . XI . Such were his childish feats I ween , 24 THE THREE KNIGHTS .
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... winds compress'd in knot so tight , Not one of them can take a flight , Or blow a breath without their leave , As all good seamen well believe . Sir Captain bought of these a store , And out to sea in triumph bore ; Where like Ulysses ...
... winds compress'd in knot so tight , Not one of them can take a flight , Or blow a breath without their leave , As all good seamen well believe . Sir Captain bought of these a store , And out to sea in triumph bore ; Where like Ulysses ...
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... wind did always blow The very way he wish'd to go . XIV . Castor and Pollux , those dread lights , At mast head seen in stormy nights , He had entrapt as we trap rats , Or boys catch fire - flies in their hats ; Had tam❜d them too with ...
... wind did always blow The very way he wish'd to go . XIV . Castor and Pollux , those dread lights , At mast head seen in stormy nights , He had entrapt as we trap rats , Or boys catch fire - flies in their hats ; Had tam❜d them too with ...
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The Lay of the Scottish Fiddle, Supposed to Be Written by Walter Scott ... James Kirke Paulding,Sir Walter Scott No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 12 - The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time. Till every string's according glee Was blended into harmony. And then, he said, he would full fain He could recall an ancient strain He never thought to sing again.
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Page 1 - Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel; instead of a harper, we are presented with a fiddler. ' THE way was long, though 'twas not cold, But the poor bard was weak and old, And carried, scor'd upon his front, Of many a year the long account. His Fiddle, sole remaining pride, Hung dangling down his ragged side, In faded bag of flannel green, Through which the well-carv'd head was seen Of gaping lion, yawning wide, In regal pomp of beastly pride.
Page 64 - Of student learn'd, from Nassau Hall, Who, broken from scholastic thrall, Had set him down to drink outright Through all the livelong merry night, And sing as loud as he could bawl, Such is the custom of Nassau Hall. No Latin now, or heathen Greek The Senior's double tongue can speak. Juniors, from fam'd Pierian fount. Had drank so deep they scarce could count The candles on the reeling table...
Page 7 - ... ASSOCIATED WITH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE When James K. Paulding with Washington Irving visited Princeton in 1808, he was so favorably impressed with the situation and surroundings of the College of New Jersey, that he afterwards embodied his impressions in the following lines : " With blistered feet we faltering came To where old Princeton's classic fane, With cupola and copper vane, And learning's holy honors crown'd, Looks from her high hill all around O'er such a wondrous fairy scene Of waving...
Page 19 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day nor yet by night : They lay down to rest, With corslet laced. Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
Page 1 - Mong gallant lads, or jolly sailors, And play'd ' the dee'l amang the tailors,' Had given place to other glee, And different strains of harmony. ' The bigots of this iron time ' Had call'd his harmless art a crime;' And now, instead of dance and song Pricking the night's dull pace along, And sprightly gambols deftly play'd By rustic lad and...
Page 80 - Or watching with his half shut eye, The buzzing flight of bee or fly, The beauteous damsel pass'd along, » Humming a stave of sacred song. She threw her soft blue eyes askance. And gave the booby such a glance, That quick his eyes wide open flew, And his wide mouth flew open too. He gaz'd with wonder and surprise At the mild lustre of her eyes, Her cherry lips, her dimpled cheek, Where Cupids play'd at hide and seek, Whence, many an arrow well, I wot, Against the wight's tough heart was shot. XII....