 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 640 pages
...crested, haughty Marmion; Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, and almost a knight; The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A mighty mixture of the good and base. Say will not Caledonia's annals yield The glorious records of some well-fought field,... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 652 pages
...character: " Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The guilty, crested, haughty Marmion; Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, and almost a knight; The gibbet or the field prcplred to grace, A mighty mixture of the good and base.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 108 pages
...shield a knave. Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughjty Marmion, 160 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though MURRAY with his MILLER... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 74 pages
...shield a knave. Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, 50 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon, yet but half a Knight, of money, and truly, considering the inspiration, it is a very creditable production. If Mr. SCOTT... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinding - 1810 - 102 pages
...proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, 160 Now forging. scrolls, now forempst in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or thje. field prepared to grape,; .!j .. , A mighty mixture of the great and base, And think'st thou,... | |
 | 1813 - 574 pages
...performance. " Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marrnion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A migtvty mixture of the great and base.*' A great many other passages might be cited from the " English... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...tormance. - • " Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Mannion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...to grace, A mighty mixture of the great and base." A great many other passages might be cited from the " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," but we forbear... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...a knave. Next view in state , proud prancing on his roan , The golden-crested haughty Marmion , 160 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon , yet but half a Knight, page, wh« travelled twice as fast as his master's horse, without the aid of seven-leagued boots ,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...shield a knave. Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...to grace; A mighty mixture of the great and base. congruous and absurd as the ground-work of this production. The entrance of Thundering and Lightning... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...shield a knave. Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughly Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not...mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, Ou public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though MURRAY with his MILLER... | |
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Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace; A mighty mixture of the great and base. 
