 | James W. Gousseff - Pantomimes - 1981 - 236 pages
...stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: Fora laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly... | |
 | Meg Cabot - Fiction - 2004 - 274 pages
...her mind. And so she strove to keep it flexible by demanding from it all the poetry that she knew. " 'For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.' " That was precisely who Nicola was. Fair Ellen, locked in this odious tower against her will. But... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Literary Collections - 2003 - 258 pages
...staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: Fora laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar, So boldly... | |
 | Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 166 pages
...staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone. He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had...wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he enter'd the Netherby Hall, Among brides-men, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all: Then spoke the bride's... | |
 | Walter Scott, Sir - Poetry - 2005 - 293 pages
...for stone, He swam the Eske2 river where ford there was none ; 320 But ere he alighted at Netherbys gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late...dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Loehinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, 325 Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers,... | |
 | Kiran Desai - Fiction - 2007 - 394 pages
...barely opened his mouth for whole years and his English still had the rhythm and the form of Gujerati. But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had...war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. . . . When he looked up, he saw they were all chuckling. While her mother did fret, and her father... | |
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He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the... 
