 | 1832 - 600 pages
...Ely's stately fane, Till tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain ; Till BelvoirV lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln...glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle.' Of the embellishments, we cannot say much. Mr. Wood is clever, but it is not a cleverness that pleases... | |
 | Gift books - 1833 - 456 pages
...stormy hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light;...glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. UNVEILING.* By THE HON. MRS. NORTON. " Go ! the useless dream is over, Which so long my heart hath... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 596 pages
...And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burnt on Gaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. MACAULAY. VISITS TO ST. GILES'. No. II. PERSONAL courtesy is so deeply appreciated, so rarely experienced,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1837 - 260 pages
...sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till Skiddaw saw the tire that burned on Gaunt "s embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. Jp Providence has thought Ct to 1write in cyphers, shall he be blamed who endeavours to give a key... | |
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1887 - 340 pages
...Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent; Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burnt on Oaunt's embattled pile. And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle ! ' " " Marry ! hut this MAOAULAY of yours hath the right British ring in him ! " burst forth DRAKE,... | |
 | Christianity - 1844 - 1424 pages
...the fiery herald flew; He roused the shepherds of Stonehenge, the rangers of Beaulieu. **•••* Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burned on Gaunt's embattled...glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle." Still all this was not conclusive; and it is a remarkable fact— remarkable in more points than one,—that,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...And Lincoln sped the message on, o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burnt on Gaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. MACAULAY. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent, Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burned on Oaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. MACACLAT. rcnft before .'Doting Jttm's No. IV. THE LOVE OF REPUTATION AS INFLUENCING THE MORAL CHARACTER.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Lincoln sped the message on, O'er the wide vale of Trent — Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burn'd On Gaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused The burghers of Carlisle ! A SONG OF THE HUGUENOTS. OR ! weep for Moncontour. Oh ! weep for the hour When the children of darkness... | |
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Till the proud peak unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales ; Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales; Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height ; Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest... 
