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... falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell →→ Then the chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ...
... falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell →→ Then the chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ...
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... falchion , sharp and clear , Had pierced the throat of many a deer . XVII . His kirtle , made of forest green , Reached scantly to his knee ; And , at his belt , of arrows keen A furbished sheaf bore he : His buckler scarce in breadth a ...
... falchion , sharp and clear , Had pierced the throat of many a deer . XVII . His kirtle , made of forest green , Reached scantly to his knee ; And , at his belt , of arrows keen A furbished sheaf bore he : His buckler scarce in breadth a ...
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... falchions wrench'd from corpses ' hold.-P. 24 , alliance was by marrying a grandchild of the same The northern warriors were usually entombed Robert Bruce , and daughter to the sister of the with their arms , and their other treasures ...
... falchions wrench'd from corpses ' hold.-P. 24 , alliance was by marrying a grandchild of the same The northern warriors were usually entombed Robert Bruce , and daughter to the sister of the with their arms , and their other treasures ...
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... falchion on the Dane , And turned the conqueror back again , 13 When , with his Norman bowyer band , He came to waste Northumberland . XVI . But fain saint Hilda's nuns would learn , If , on a rock , by Lindisfarn , Saint Cuthbert sits ...
... falchion on the Dane , And turned the conqueror back again , 13 When , with his Norman bowyer band , He came to waste Northumberland . XVI . But fain saint Hilda's nuns would learn , If , on a rock , by Lindisfarn , Saint Cuthbert sits ...
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... falchion to the side Of jarring grindstone was applied . Page , groom , and squire , with hurrying pace , Through street , and lane , and market - place , Bore lance , or casque , or sword ; While burghers , with important face ...
... falchion to the side Of jarring grindstone was applied . Page , groom , and squire , with hurrying pace , Through street , and lane , and market - place , Bore lance , or casque , or sword ; While burghers , with important face ...
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POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER S Walter Sir Scott, 1771-1832,Walter Sir Scott, 1771-1832 Ed,J. W. Lake No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 93 - I tell thee, thou'rt defied ! And if thou said'st, I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied...
Page 83 - River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Nethe'rby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For. a laggard in love and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 97 - Edmund is down ; — my life is reft ; — The Admiral alone is left Let Stanley charge with spur of fire, — With Chester charge, and Lancashire, Full upon Scotland's central host, Or victory and England's lost — Must I bid twice ? — hence, varlets ! fly ! Leave Marmion here alone — to die.
Page 83 - 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 bridemaidens whispered, "Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 158 - At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends from heaven that fell Had pealed the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear: For life ! for life ! their...
Page 421 - WHY weep ye by the tide, ladie? Why weep ye by the tide? I'll wed ye to my youngest son, And ye sail be his bride: And ye sail be his bride, ladie, Sae comely to be seen" — But aye she loot the tears down fa
Page 21 - O 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...
Page 202 - I list no more the tuck of drum, No more the trumpet hear; But when the beetle sounds his hum My comrades take the spear.
Page 151 - 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 150 - Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Short space he stood — then waved his hand: Down sunk the disappearing band; Each warrior...