Lo, Warrior ! now the Cross of Red Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn unquenchably, Until the eternal doom shall be. The Book of Table-talk - Page 34by Charles MacFarlane - 1836Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1860 - 656 pages
...ne'er spurred a steed; Yet somewhat was he chilled with dread, And his hair did bristle upon his head. **Lo, Warrior! now, the Cross of Red Points to the grave of the mighty dead; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night: That lamp shall burn unquenchably,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 pages
...spurrM a steed ; Yet somewhat was he chill'd with dread, And his hair did bristle upon his head. XVII. " Lo, Warrior ! now the Cross of Red Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn... | |
| Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 pages
...steed ; Yet somewhat was he chill'd with dread, And his hair did bristle upon his head. XVII. " Ix>, Warrior ! now the Cross of Red Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1868 - 570 pages
...Mary's Aisle describing in the following words the grave of the famou* wizard Michael Scott : — " Lo, warrior ! now the cross of red Points to the grave of the mighty dead : Within, it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn... | |
| James Frothingham Hunnewell - Europe - 1871 - 564 pages
...threw on the pavement a bloody stain." "They sate them down on a marble stone," And watched until " the Cross of Red Points to the grave of the mighty dead." When/ " An iron bar the Warrior took, And the Monk made a sign with his wither'd hand," and William... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1872 - 178 pages
...spurr'da steed ; Yet somewhat was he chill'd with dread, And his hair did bristle upon his head. XVII. " Lo, Warrior ! now, the Cross of Red Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night ; That lamp shall burn... | |
| Balfour Stewart - Force and energy - 1873 - 214 pages
...to contain a perpetual light. Thus the Monk who buried the wizard tells William of Deloraine — " Lo, Warrior ! now the Cross of Red Points to the Grave of the mighty dead; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn unquenchably... | |
| Balfour Stewart - Force and energy - 1873 - 248 pages
...to contain a perpetual light. Thus the Monk who burierl the wizard tells William of Deloraine — " Lo, Warrior ! now the Cross of Red Points to the Grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - Natural history - 1874 - 748 pages
...Mary's Aisle describing in the following words the grave of the famous wizard Michael Scott : — " Lo, warrior ! now the cross of red Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn... | |
| Charles Wentworth Dilke - Authors, English - 1875 - 404 pages
...making such a mistake, as a mistake, for "I. She is verified by the fact — " 'Look, warrior, look, the cross of red Points to the grave of the mighty dead.' " II. Scott was aware that the people of those times knew more about moonlight than we do. We look... | |
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