 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 pages
...sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. 2 0 Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods...better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble way ; Still feel the breeze down Ettrick... | |
 | David George Goyder - Phrenologists - 1857 - 680 pages
...filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think wliat is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all...thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love thee better still, Even in extremity of ill.' While Scotland has thns eloquently been described, England... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...I vicw each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath heen, Seems as to me, of all hereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love them hetter still, Even in extremity of ill. The same. TIME. The window of a turret, which projected at... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pages
...sires I what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, us I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and...thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ¡IL By Yarrow's streams still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble way ; Still feel the... | |
 | James White - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 316 pages
...the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene,...of all bereft, Sole friends, thy woods and streams are left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill. , By Yarrow's streams still... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1860 - 656 pages
...JL-ZT-JTZIIL.! • I EAT OP THS Oaai<B0 f. That knits me to thy rugged strand! Still, as I view each well known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems...better still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble way, Still feel the breeze down Ettricke... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1860 - 216 pages
...flood, Land of my sires ! — what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene,...thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love thee better still, Even in extremity of ill." W. Scott. (2.) SYMPATHY. 1. The Superiority of Sympathy.... | |
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ? " Still, as I view each well-known...better still, Even in extremity of ill. " By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble way , Still feel the breeze down Kttrick... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand, Still as I view each well-known scene,...still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's streams still let me stray, Though, none should guide my feeble way ; Still feel the breeze down Ettrick break,... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...the flood, Laud of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene,...still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's streams still let me stray, Though none should guide my feeble way ; Still feel the breeze down Ettrick break,... | |
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Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view... 
