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" But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. "O haste thee, haste!" the lady cries, "Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry... "
A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter on the Poetry ... - Page 287
by Charles Mackay - 1888 - 398 pages
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Accepted Addresses; Or, Proemium Poetarum: To which are Added, Macbeth ...

Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'|l row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, . Adown the glen rode armed men,—...
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The Edinburgh Observer: Or, Town and Country Magazine, Issues 1-11

1817 - 292 pages
...highland sterility, and bare rocks, which we had eft behind us ; but here again — —the water wraith was shrieking, And, in the scowl of heaven, each face Grew dark as ice were speaking.* The road to Stirling winded serpentinely round the town, so that we had it always...
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British Minstrel, Volume 2

John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...DAITGHTEJR ///>//////////, d& net tarty f Andltifftrf thf a silver poutul 7b rvtf t/s etr the fr/ -rt : By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their...
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The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern; with an intr. and notes ..., Volume 2

Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row ye o'er the ferry. By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...heaven, each face Grew dark as they were speaking: But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their...
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The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern: With an Introduction ..., Volume 4

Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...bird In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row ye o'er the ferry. By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...heaven, each face Grew dark as they were speaking : But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men,...
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A Sequel to the Diversions of Purley: Containing an Essay on English Verbs ...

John Barclay (of Calcots.) - English language - 1826 - 184 pages
...A water-wraith or some gruous ghaist. — Journal from London to Portsmouth, in the Buchan Dialect. By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. Campbell. Red came the river down, and loud and oft The angry spirit of the water shriek'd. Douglas,...
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...In danger shall not tarry; So—though the waves are raging white— I'll row you o'er the ferry !" By this, the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...heaven, each face Grew dark as they were speaking. z 2 But still as wilder blew the wind, < •••~.. And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen...
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...bird In danger shall not tarry;. So, though the waves are .raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry. By this the storm grew loud apace ; The water-wraith...heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed mm ; Their...
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The Poetical Melange

English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry.' — By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: In Two Volumes, Volume 2

Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 258 pages
...'11 row you o'er the ferry.' — By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ;a And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. » The evil spirit of the waters. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer,...
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