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As he repassed the outer court , He spied the fair young child at sport ; He
thought to train him to the wood ; For , at a ... Seemed to the boy some comrade
gay Led him forth to the woods to play ; On the drawbridge the warders stout Saw
a ...
As he repassed the outer court , He spied the fair young child at sport ; He
thought to train him to the wood ; For , at a ... Seemed to the boy some comrade
gay Led him forth to the woods to play ; On the drawbridge the warders stout Saw
a ...
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Buys his friends ' safety with his own ;' Tis merry , ' tis merry in good green wood ,
He goes to do what I had done , So blith lady Alice is singing ; Had Douglas '
daughter been his son ! ” On the beech's pride , and oak's brown side , XI .
Buys his friends ' safety with his own ;' Tis merry , ' tis merry in good green wood ,
He goes to do what I had done , So blith lady Alice is singing ; Had Douglas '
daughter been his son ! ” On the beech's pride , and oak's brown side , XI .
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In slaty rock the peasant hewed ; “ If , maiden , thou would'st wend with me , And
Brignal's woods , and Scargill's ... to frenzy driven , I read you for a ranger sworn ,
With his own crimes reproaching heaven ; To keep the king's green - wood .
In slaty rock the peasant hewed ; “ If , maiden , thou would'st wend with me , And
Brignal's woods , and Scargill's ... to frenzy driven , I read you for a ranger sworn ,
With his own crimes reproaching heaven ; To keep the king's green - wood .
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And kissed the little hands outspread , How at his fall the bugle rung , And kissed
and crossed the infant head , Till rock and green - wood answer flung , And , in
his native tongue and phrase , Then blesses her , that man can find Prayed to ...
And kissed the little hands outspread , How at his fall the bugle rung , And kissed
and crossed the infant head , Till rock and green - wood answer flung , And , in
his native tongue and phrase , Then blesses her , that man can find Prayed to ...
Page 332
The deep recess of the wild - wood glen , V. Where roe and red - deer find
sheltering den , One morn , in kirtle green array'd , When the sun is in his power .
Deep in the wood the maiden stray'd , And , where a fountain sprung , II . She sat
her ...
The deep recess of the wild - wood glen , V. Where roe and red - deer find
sheltering den , One morn , in kirtle green array'd , When the sun is in his power .
Deep in the wood the maiden stray'd , And , where a fountain sprung , II . She sat
her ...
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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 423 - 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 204 - 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...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Sketch of His Life |
| Authors | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake |
| Publisher | J. Crissy, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 443 pages |
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