 | English literature - 1837 - 540 pages
...will reign, And I will reign alone ; My soul did ever more disdain A rival to my throne. " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. " Then in the empire of thy heart. Where I alone would be, If others should pretend... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, 170 But I will reign, and govern still, And always give the law, And have each subject at my will,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 pages
...sentiment of my old hero Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war, " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." To the particulars explanatory of the plan of these Chronicles, which the reader... | |
 | Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...with impunity.' I replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose:— ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' ' If I fail,' I said,—for the dialogue is strong in my recollection,— 'it... | |
 | Thomas Oliphant - Ballads, English - 1837 - 376 pages
...beautiful song, " My dear and only love," breathes a similar sentiment of chivalrous feeling : " He either fears his fate too much, " Or his deserts are small ; " Who dares not put it to the test, " To gain — or lose it all." IX. As I beheld, I saw a'herdman wild With his sheephook a picture... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 608 pages
...affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose : . i ' He either fears hie fate too much, Or hie deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' ' If I fail,' I said — for the dialogue is strong in my recollection, ' it is... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 426 pages
...impunity.' I replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose : — * He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch. To win or lose it all. • If I fail,' I said — for the dialogue is strong1 in my recollection, ' it... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 pages
...impunity.' I replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose : — ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. ' If I fail,' I said — for the dialogue is strong in my recollection, ' it is... | |
 | John Mason Neale - Monasticism and religious orders - 1843 - 236 pages
...wishes—but I warn you against being too sanguine." " Do you not know ?" asked Charles : " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all!" And in half an hour he was gallopping to Teynton Park. » Some two hours subsequently,... | |
 | James Miller - East Lothian (Scotland) - 1844 - 540 pages
...will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or loss it all. And if no faithless action stain Thy love and constant word, I'll make thee famous by... | |
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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. 
