 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...hear." They told how, in their convent cell, A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled ; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...Percy hear." They told, how in their convent cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They... | |
 | George Young - Whitby (England) - 1817 - 520 pages
...Lindisfarue. " They told, how in their convent cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled ; And how, of thousand snakes, each one. Was changed into a coil ol stone, When holy Hilda prayed; Themselves, within thoir holy bound, Their stony folds had often... | |
 | George Young - Whitby (England) - 1817 - 500 pages
...Undisfarue. " They told, how in Iheir convent cell A Saxon princess once did dwell. The lovely Edelfled; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil ot stone. When holy Hilda prayed ; Themsel\es, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...hear." They told how, in their convent cell, A Saxon Princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed; Themselves, within their holy hound, Their stony folds had often found. They... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 pages
...hear." They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled ; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...hear." They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled ; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...hear." — They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon Princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled ; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - English language - 1829 - 368 pages
...referred to. They told how, in their convent cell, A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled; And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed. — Scott's Marmion. SNAP, a small round cake of brittle gingerbread — liable... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...hear.** They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Cdel lied; (9) And how, of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd. Themselves within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They... | |
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Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told how sea-fowls... 
