The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: The vision of Don RoderickLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, William Miller and John Murray, London; and for A. Constable and Company and John Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh, 1813 |
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... to prolong the Vision of the Revolutions of Spain down to the present eventful crisis of the Peninsula ; and to di vide it , by a supposed change of scene , into [ 12 ] THREE PERIODS . The FIRST of these THE VISION OF DON RODERICK.
... to prolong the Vision of the Revolutions of Spain down to the present eventful crisis of the Peninsula ; and to di vide it , by a supposed change of scene , into [ 12 ] THREE PERIODS . The FIRST of these THE VISION OF DON RODERICK.
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... scene , Shewing the fate of battles ere they bled , And And issue of events that had not been ; ever and anon strange sounds were heard be- tween . XIX . First shrill'd an unrepeated female shriek ! — It seem'd as if Don Roderick knew ...
... scene , Shewing the fate of battles ere they bled , And And issue of events that had not been ; ever and anon strange sounds were heard be- tween . XIX . First shrill'd an unrepeated female shriek ! — It seem'd as if Don Roderick knew ...
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... scene was wrapp'd in smoke , Whose sulph'rous wreaths were cross'd by sheets of flame ; With every flash a bolt explosive broke , Till Roderick deem'd the fiends had burst their yoke , And waved ' gainst heaven the infernal gonfalone ...
... scene was wrapp'd in smoke , Whose sulph'rous wreaths were cross'd by sheets of flame ; With every flash a bolt explosive broke , Till Roderick deem'd the fiends had burst their yoke , And waved ' gainst heaven the infernal gonfalone ...
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... ; The groans of prison'd victims mar the lays , And shrieks of agony confound the quire , While , ' mid the mingled sounds , the darkened scenes expire . XXXIII . Preluding light , were strains of music heard 48 THE VISION OF.
... ; The groans of prison'd victims mar the lays , And shrieks of agony confound the quire , While , ' mid the mingled sounds , the darkened scenes expire . XXXIII . Preluding light , were strains of music heard 48 THE VISION OF.
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... scene became ; For VALOUR had relax'd his ardent look , And at a lady's feet , like lion tame , Lay stretch'd , full loth the weight of arms to brook ; And soften'd BIGOTRY , upon his book , Patter'd a DON RODERICK . 49.
... scene became ; For VALOUR had relax'd his ardent look , And at a lady's feet , like lion tame , Lay stretch'd , full loth the weight of arms to brook ; And soften'd BIGOTRY , upon his book , Patter'd a DON RODERICK . 49.
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Page 208 - Wheeled full against their staggering flanks, The English horsemen's foaming ranks Forced their resistless way. Then to the musket-knell succeeds The clash of swords, the neigh of steeds, As plies the smith his clanging trade, Against the cuirass rang the blade...
Page 120 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 149 - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Page 149 - To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.' " Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the greenwood haste away; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot and tall of size; We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers fray'd; You shall see him brought to bay; 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Page 148 - Waken, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day; All the jolly chase is here, With hawk and horse and hunting-spear Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they, "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Page 151 - THE violet in her greenwood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen, or copse, or forest dingle. Though fair her gems of azure hue, Beneath the dew-drop's weight reclining ; I've seen an eye of lovelier blue, More sweet through wat'ry lustre shining.
Page 120 - Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains : a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Page 207 - The lancer couch'd his ruthless spear, And hurrying as to havoc near, The cohorts' eagles flew. In one dark torrent, broad and strong, The advancing onset...
Page 143 - He came — he pass'd — an heedless gaze, As o'er some stranger glancing ; Her welcome, spoke in faltering phrase, Lost in his courser's prancing — The castle arch, whose hollow tone Returns each whisper spoken, Could scarcely catch the feeble moan, Which told her heart was broken.
Page 258 - PITT closed in his anguish the map of her reign ! 'ot the fate of broad Europe could bend his brave spirit To take for his country the safety of shame? O, then in her triumph remember his merit, And hallow the goblet that flows to his name.