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... loud shout and hail Warn'd them to crowd or slacken sail . South and by west the armada bore , And near at length the Carrick shore . As less and less the distance grows , High and more high the beacon rose ; The light that seem'd a ...
... loud shout and hail Warn'd them to crowd or slacken sail . South and by west the armada bore , And near at length the Carrick shore . As less and less the distance grows , High and more high the beacon rose ; The light that seem'd a ...
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... fancy hears , When in rude waves or roaring winds Some words of woe the muser finds , Until more loudly and more near , Their speech arrests the page's ear . XXIV . " And was she thus , " said 34 Canto V. THE LORD OF THE ISLES .
... fancy hears , When in rude waves or roaring winds Some words of woe the muser finds , Until more loudly and more near , Their speech arrests the page's ear . XXIV . " And was she thus , " said 34 Canto V. THE LORD OF THE ISLES .
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... loud , the billows roar ; They sever'd , and they met no more . He deems - such tempest vex'd the coast- Ship , crew , and fugitive , were lost . -So let it be , with the disgrace And scandal of her lofty race ! Thrice better she had ne ...
... loud , the billows roar ; They sever'd , and they met no more . He deems - such tempest vex'd the coast- Ship , crew , and fugitive , were lost . -So let it be , with the disgrace And scandal of her lofty race ! Thrice better she had ne ...
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... loud in fury cried , 66 By Heaven , they lead the page to die , And mock me in his agony ! They shall abye it ! " - On his arm Bruce laid strong grasp , " They shall not harm A ringlet of the stripling's hair ; But , till I give the ...
... loud in fury cried , 66 By Heaven , they lead the page to die , And mock me in his agony ! They shall abye it ! " - On his arm Bruce laid strong grasp , " They shall not harm A ringlet of the stripling's hair ; But , till I give the ...
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... Loud came the cry , " The Bruce , The Bruce ! " No hope or in defence or truce , Fresh combatants pour in ; Mad with success , and drunk with gore , They drive the struggling foe before , And ward on ward they win . Unsparing was the ...
... Loud came the cry , " The Bruce , The Bruce ! " No hope or in defence or truce , Fresh combatants pour in ; Mad with success , and drunk with gore , They drive the struggling foe before , And ward on ward they win . Unsparing was the ...
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Page 216 - The bride at the altar ; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges : Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes. 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.
Page 209 - ... pale ; Young Frank is chief of Errington, And lord of Langley-dale ; His step is first in peaceful ha', His sword in battle keen " — But aye she loot the tears down fa
Page 295 - Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a Chief of the people should fall. But meeter for thee, gentle lover of nature, To lay down thy head like the meek mountain lamb, When, wilder'd, he drops from some cliff huge in stature, And draws his last sob by the side of his dam.
Page 293 - Lakes and mountains beneath me gleamed misty and wide ; All was still, save by fits, when the eagle was yelling, And starting around me the echoes replied. On the right, Striden-edge round...
Page 204 - Then up with the Banner, let forest winds fan her, She has blazed over Ettrick eight ages and more ; In sport we'll attend her, in battle defend her, With heart and with hand, like our fathers before.
Page 252 - And scorn assumes compassion's doubtful mien, To warn me off from the encumbered scene. This must not be ; — and higher duties crave Some space between the theatre and the grave, That, like the Roman in the Capitol, I may adjust my mantle ere I fall : My life's brief act in public service flown, The last, the closing scene, must be my own.
Page 285 - Or footstep of invader rude, With rapine foul, and red with blood, Pollute our happy shore, — Then farewell home ! and farewell friends ! Adieu each tender tie ! Resolved, we mingle in the tide, Where charging squadrons furious ride, To conquer, or to die.
Page 212 - 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.
Page 295 - With scutcheons of silver the coffin is shielded, And pages stand mute by the canopied pall : Through the courts, at deep midnight, the torches are gleaming ; In the proudly-arch'd chapel the banners are beaming ; Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a Chief of the People should fall.
Page 28 - O ! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken...