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... gave birth , Or if ' twas but an airy thing , Such as fantastic slumbers bring , Framed from the rain - bow's varying dyes , Or fading tints of western skies . For , by the blessed rood I swear , If that fair form breathe vital air , No ...
... gave birth , Or if ' twas but an airy thing , Such as fantastic slumbers bring , Framed from the rain - bow's varying dyes , Or fading tints of western skies . For , by the blessed rood I swear , If that fair form breathe vital air , No ...
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... solemn answer gave . IX . " That Maid is born of middle earth , And may of man be won , Though there have glided since her birth , Five hundred years and one . But where's the Knight in all the north , That 18 CANTO I. THE BRIDAL.
... solemn answer gave . IX . " That Maid is born of middle earth , And may of man be won , Though there have glided since her birth , Five hundred years and one . But where's the Knight in all the north , That 18 CANTO I. THE BRIDAL.
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... gave , And welcome o'er and o'er ! An hundred lovely hands assail The bucklers of the Monarch's mail , And busy labour'd to unhasp Rivet of steel and iron clasp . One wrapp'd him in a mantle fair , And one flung odours on his hair ; His ...
... gave , And welcome o'er and o'er ! An hundred lovely hands assail The bucklers of the Monarch's mail , And busy labour'd to unhasp Rivet of steel and iron clasp . One wrapp'd him in a mantle fair , And one flung odours on his hair ; His ...
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... gave , Then of his goodness ' gan to crave Construction fair and true Of her light maidens ' idle mirth , Who drew from lonely glens their birth , Nor knew to pay to stranger worth And dignity their due ; And then she pray'd that he ...
... gave , Then of his goodness ' gan to crave Construction fair and true Of her light maidens ' idle mirth , Who drew from lonely glens their birth , Nor knew to pay to stranger worth And dignity their due ; And then she pray'd that he ...
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... 'd her heart . Forgot each rule her father gave , Sunk from a princess to a slave , Too late must Guendolen deplore , He , that has all , can hope no more ! Now must she see her lover strain , At every 40 CANTO II . THE BRIDAL.
... 'd her heart . Forgot each rule her father gave , Sunk from a princess to a slave , Too late must Guendolen deplore , He , that has all , can hope no more ! Now must she see her lover strain , At every 40 CANTO II . THE BRIDAL.
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answer'd arms Arthur bard BATTLE OF SEMPACH beneath blood bold bore bower breast BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN bride bright brooklet brow busk Caliburn CANTO castle Count Harold courser Dane dare dark daughter deep Donald Caird's dread EDINBURGH ANNUAL fair faith falchion fame fear fell flame flung gallant gaze glance Glaramara glen gold grace Gregalach Gunnar Gyneth's hall hand HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS hath hauberk hear heard heart heaven hill Jutta King King Arthur knight lady land Lord Lucy maid maiden Metelill minstrel Monarch morning ne'er nigh noble Moringer o'er pale pass'd Pibroch Piobaireachd Prelate pride priest rock Roland De Vaux round Saint seem'd sire sleep slumber smile song sought soul sound spear spoke steed stern stone Sultaun sword tale tell thee thine thou tower twas vale Valley of Saint vassal Vaux warder Warrior ween wild Witikind's Wulfstane
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Page 382 - Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded: Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master. Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather! Wide waves the eagle plume Blended with heather. Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set ! Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset!
Page 381 - Come away, come away, Hark to the summons ! Come in your war array, Gentles and commons. Come from deep glen, and From mountain so rocky, The war-pipe and pennon Are at Inverlocky. Come every hill-plaid, and True heart that wears one, Come every steel blade, and Strong hand that bears one.
Page 378 - O, fear not the bugle, though loudly it blows, It calls but the warders that guard thy repose ; Their bows would be bended, their blades would be red, Ere the step of a foeman draws near to thy bed. O ho ro, i ri ri, &c.
Page 337 - Fled past on right and left how fast Each forest, grove, and bower ! On right and left fled past how fast Each city, town, and tower ! XLIX. " Dost fear ? dost fear ? The moon shines clear, Dost fear to ride with me ? — Hurrah ! hurrah ! the dead can ride ! " — " O William, let them be !— " See there, see there ! What yonder swings And creaks 'mid whistling rain ? " — " Gibbet and steel, th' accursed wheel ; A murderer in his chain.
Page 386 - the lake's clear breast May barter for the eagle's nest; The Awe's fierce stream may backward turn, Ben-Cruaichan fall, and crush Kilchurn; Our kilted clans, when blood is high, Before their foes may turn and fly; But I, were all these marvels done, Would never wed the Earlie's son.
Page 377 - ... not lack, Nor braid to bind your hair; Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk, Nor palfrey fresh and fair; And you, the foremost o...
Page 382 - Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended; Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded : Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page, and groom, Tenant and master. Fast they come, fast they come ; See how they gather ! Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
Page 375 - Now let this wilfu' grief be done, And dry that cheek so pale ; Young Frank is chief of Errington And lord of Langley-dale ; His step is first in peaceful ha...
Page 389 - O'er the peak of Ben-Lomond the galley shall steer, And the rocks of Craig Royston like icicles melt, Ere our wrongs be forgot, or our vengeance unfelt ! Then gather, gather, gather, Gregalach !
Page 338 - Tramp! tramp! along the land they rode, Splash! splash! along the sea; The scourge is red, the spur drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee.