 No maiden's hand is round thee thrown ! That desperate grasp thy frame might feel Through bars of brass and triple steel ! They tug, they strain ! down, down they go, The Gael above, Fitz-James below. The Chieftain's gripe his throat...  The Lady of the Lake - Page 125by Walter Scott - 1918 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 pages
...backward threw, Across his brow his hand he drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! — But hate and fury ill...exhausted tide, And all too late the advantage came, To tuni the odds of deadly game ! For, while the dagger gleamed on high, Reel'd soul and sense, reel'd... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...Fitz-James below. The chieftain's gripe his throat compress' d, His knee was planted in his breast ; His clotted locks he backward threw, Across his brow...drew, From blood, and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Lady of the Lake (Legendary character) - 1838 - 394 pages
...backward threw, Across his brow his hand he drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! — — But hate and fury...stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late th' advantage came, To turn the odds of deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleam'd on high, Reeled... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...Fitz-James below. The Chieftain's gripe his throat eoniprcis'd, His knee was planted in his breast j His clotted locks he backward threw, Across his brow...drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then glcam'd aloft his dagger bright '. — —But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...hrow his hand he drew. From hlood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleami d aloft his dagger hright 1 But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's...deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleamed on high. Reeled soul and sense, reeled hrain and ty«. Down came the hlow ! hut in the heath The erring hlade... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...Fitz. James below. The Chieftain's gripe his throat compress'd, His knee was planted in his breast ; His clotted locks he backward threw Across his brow...drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 434 pages
...backward threw, Across his brow his hand he drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! — But hate and fury ill...turn the odds of deadly game ; For, while the dagger gleam'd on high, Reel'd soul and sense, reel'd brain and eye. Down came the blow ! but in the heath... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...Fitz-James below. The Chieftain's gripe his throat compress'd, His knee was planted in his breast ; His clotted locks he backward threw Across his brow...drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight. Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Fitz-James below ! The chieftain's gripe his throat compress'd, His knee was planted in his breast; His clotted locks he backward threw, Across his brow...drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight — Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ; But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide;... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...Fitz James below. The Chieftain's gripe his throat compress'd, His knee was planted in his breast ; His clotted locks he backward threw Across his brow...drew. From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleam'd aloft his dagger bright ! But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide,... | |
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