Waverley Novels, Volume 5

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B. Tauchnitz, 1845
 

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Page 76 - The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er earth and sky ; And high and low the influence know — But where is County Guy...
Page 221 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 33 - Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury...
Page 315 - Oh, while this is the case, do not resolve so rashly to abandon the means of liberty, the best gift that Heaven gives...
Page 76 - The lark, his lay who thrill' d all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird', and flower, confess the hour, But where is County Guy? The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To beauty shy, by lattice high. Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er...