The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Containing Lay of the Last Ministrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick, Rokeby, Ballads, Lyrics, and Songs: With a Life of the Author |
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Page 51
51 The Ladye marked the aids come in , And high her heart of pride arose ; She
bade her youthful son attend , That he might know his father's friend , And learn to
face his foes . * The boy is ripe to look on war ; I saw him draw a cross - bow stiff ...
51 The Ladye marked the aids come in , And high her heart of pride arose ; She
bade her youthful son attend , That he might know his father's friend , And learn to
face his foes . * The boy is ripe to look on war ; I saw him draw a cross - bow stiff ...
Page 121
Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare , If she had been in presence there , In his
wan face , and sun - burned hair , She had not known her child . Danger , long
travel , want , or woe , Soon change the form that best we knowFor deadly fear
can ...
Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare , If she had been in presence there , In his
wan face , and sun - burned hair , She had not known her child . Danger , long
travel , want , or woe , Soon change the form that best we knowFor deadly fear
can ...
Page 132
... of Oberon : And she is gone , whose lovely face Is but her least and lowest
grace ; Though if to Sylphid Queen ' twere given , To show our earth the charms
of heaven , She could not glide along the air , With form more light , or face more
fair .
... of Oberon : And she is gone , whose lovely face Is but her least and lowest
grace ; Though if to Sylphid Queen ' twere given , To show our earth the charms
of heaven , She could not glide along the air , With form more light , or face more
fair .
Page 188
Full on his face the moonbeam strook ,A face could never be mistook ! I knew the
stern vimdictive look , And held my breath for awe . I saw the face of one who ,
fled To foreign climes , has long been dead.I well believe the last ; For ne'er , from
...
Full on his face the moonbeam strook ,A face could never be mistook ! I knew the
stern vimdictive look , And held my breath for awe . I saw the face of one who ,
fled To foreign climes , has long been dead.I well believe the last ; For ne'er , from
...
Page 477
... tiger , cow'd By brandish'd steel and shouting crowd , Retreats beneath the
jungle's shroud , Bertram suspends his purpose stern , And couches in the brake
and fern , Hiding his face , lest foemen spy The sparkle of his swarthy eye . V.
Then ...
... tiger , cow'd By brandish'd steel and shouting crowd , Retreats beneath the
jungle's shroud , Bertram suspends his purpose stern , And couches in the brake
and fern , Hiding his face , lest foemen spy The sparkle of his swarthy eye . V.
Then ...
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Page 34 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Page 145 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 292 - Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank blood; No stinted draught, no scanty tide, The gushing flood the tartans dyed.
Page 165 - Scrubbed till it shone, the day to grace, Bore then upon its massive board No mark to part the squire and lord. Then was brought in the lusty brawn, By old blue-coated serving-man ; Then the grim boar's head frowned on high, Crested with bays and rosemary.
Page 188 - Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the baron's casque, the maid) To the nigh streamlet ran : Forgot were hatred, wrongs, and fears ; The plaintive voice alone she hears, Sees but the dying man.
Page 145 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Page 165 - On Christmas eve the bells were rung; On Christmas eve the mass was sung ; That only night, in all the year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear.
Page 25 - True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind.
Page xxvii - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 81 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alley'd walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls, the heathen Dane Had pour'd his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, Exposed to the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Containing Lay of the Last Ministrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick, Rokeby, Ballads, Lyrics, and Songs: With a Life of the Author |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | D. Appleton & Company, 1843 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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