Chief! can courtesy be shown ; Though not from copse, or heath, or cairn Start at my whistle clansmen stern, Of this small horn one feeble blast Would fearful odds against thee cast But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt, We try this quarrel hilt... The Lady of the Lake - Page 97by Walter Scott - 1874 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...hilt." — Then each at once his faulcheon drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed XV. Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dashed aside ; For, trained abroad his arms... | |
| 1810 - 590 pages
...transcribe. ; , ' Then each at once his faukhion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain. As what they ne'er...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. ' 111 fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That on the field his targe he threw. Whose brazen studs and... | |
| Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...hilt."— Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. V XV. Ill fared it then with Roderick Dhu, That en the field his targe he threw, Whose brazen studs... | |
| Religion - 1811 - 872 pages
...his faulcbkm dre». Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, aild stream, and plan, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot, and...eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. '•' III fared it then with Roderick Dbo, That on the field his tarife h* threw. Whose brazen studs... | |
| 1811 - 868 pages
...unavoidable. " Then each at once his faulchion drew. Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot, and point, ami eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. " III tareJ it then with Roderick Dhn, That... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...feehle hlast Would fearful odds against thee cast. But fear not — douht not — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt to hilt" — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each OB the ground his scahhard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...not—doubt not—which thou wilt— We try this quarrel hilt to hilt."— Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed. XV. Whose brazen studs and tough bull-hide Had death so often dash'd aside, For, trairi'd abroad his arms... | |
| Alexander Gordon - 1821 - 204 pages
...III. Then each at once his faulchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw ; Each look'd to snn, and stream, and plain. As what they ne'er might see again : Then foot, and point, and eye oppos'd, In dubious strife they darkly clos'd. SCOTT. NOT far distant from the Earl's station at the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...feeble blast Would fearful odds against thee cast. But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt to hilt.' Then each at once...drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot, and point, and... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...blast Would fcjirful odds n|;alnst thee cast. • But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt — We try this quarrel hilt to hilt.* — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his <.rnbb:ird threw, Each look'd to sun, and stream, and plain, As wh;il they ne'er тц;|ц see a|;ain... | |
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