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... to aid the freeman's laws . Had'st thou but lived , though stripp'd of power , A watchman on the lonely tower , Thy thrilling trump had roused the land , When fraud or danger were at hand ; By thee , as by the beacon - light , INTRODUCTION.
... to aid the freeman's laws . Had'st thou but lived , though stripp'd of power , A watchman on the lonely tower , Thy thrilling trump had roused the land , When fraud or danger were at hand ; By thee , as by the beacon - light , INTRODUCTION.
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) By thee , as by the beacon - light , Our pilots had kept course aright ; As some proud column , though alone , Thy strength had propp'd the tottering throne . Now is the stately column broke , The beacon - light ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) By thee , as by the beacon - light , Our pilots had kept course aright ; As some proud column , though alone , Thy strength had propp'd the tottering throne . Now is the stately column broke , The beacon - light ...
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... thee fair , Where hast thou left that page of thine , That used to serve thy cup of wine , Whose beauty was so rare ? When last in Raby towers we met , The boy I closely eyed , And often marked his cheeks were wet With tears he fain ...
... thee fair , Where hast thou left that page of thine , That used to serve thy cup of wine , Whose beauty was so rare ? When last in Raby towers we met , The boy I closely eyed , And often marked his cheeks were wet With tears he fain ...
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... thee , dear Erskine , tell , I love the license all too well , In sounds now lowly , and now strong , To raise the desultory song ? - Oft , when mid such capricious chime , Some transient fit of lofty rhyme To thy kind judgment seemed ...
... thee , dear Erskine , tell , I love the license all too well , In sounds now lowly , and now strong , To raise the desultory song ? - Oft , when mid such capricious chime , Some transient fit of lofty rhyme To thy kind judgment seemed ...
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... thee to change the doom of heaven , And crush that dragon in its birth , Predestined Scourge of guilty earth . Lamented chief ! -not thine the power , To save in that presumptuous hour , When Prussia hurried to the field , And snatched ...
... thee to change the doom of heaven , And crush that dragon in its birth , Predestined Scourge of guilty earth . Lamented chief ! -not thine the power , To save in that presumptuous hour , When Prussia hurried to the field , And snatched ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abbess abbot ancient armed beneath bold breast called CANTO castle chapel charms Dane dark death deep donjon Durham Earl elfin Erskine Ettricke Ettricke Forest fair falcon falcon crest fear Firth of Clyde Fitz-Eustace foes Friar John gentle grace grave Guenever hall hand hath hear heard heart heaven hermit Heron Hilda Holy Island holy vessell honoured horse hounds hunt king knight lady lady's lake lance land lerges Lindisfarn lonely Lord Marmion minstrels monks mountain ne'er never noble Norham Norham Castle Northumberland Note nuns o'er Palmer Perkin Warbeck pray proud Ridley rock round rude rung scarce Scotland Scottes Scottish Scottish marches seemed Shewed shield shrine Sir Launcelot sound spell squire St Cuthbert steed stone stood sword tale Tamworth tell thee Thomas Gray thou thought toil tomb tower Twas wall Warkworth Whitby Whitby's wild William
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Página 133 - To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar guest, Whose life and manners well could paint Alike the student and the saint ; Alas ! whose speech too oft I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caress'd.
Página 146 - Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her ? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.
Página 145 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving ; There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving ; There, thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never ! CHOUUS.
Página 212 - With these arms I found many of them armed for the hunting. As for their attire, any man, of what degree soever, that comes amongst them, must not disdain to wear it ; for if they do, then they will disdain to hunt, or willingly to bring in their dogs ; but if men be kind unto them, and be in their habit, then are they conquered with kindness, and the sport will be plentiful.
Página 5 - And far beneath their summer hill, Stray sadly by Glenkinnon's rill : The shepherd shifts his mantle's fold, And wraps him closer from the cold ; His dogs no merry circles wheel, But, shivering, follow at his heel ; A cowering glance they often cast, As deeper moans the gathering blast.
Página 130 - Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honey-suckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks the sweetest shade The sun in all his round surveyed...
Página 214 - Then after we had staid there three hours, or thereabouts, we might perceive the deer appear on the hills round about us (their heads making a show like a wood), which being followed close by the...
Página 180 - And therewith upon his hands, and upon his knees, he went so nigh, that he touched the holy vessell, and kissed it: And anon he was hole, and then he said, " Lord God, I thank thee, for I am healed of this malady.
Página 26 - George's banner, broad and gay, Now faded, as the fading ray Less bright, and less, was flung; The evening gale had scarce the power To wave it on the donjon tower, So heavily it hung.
Página 131 - Methought grim features, seam'd with scars, Glared through the window's rusty bars, And ever, by the winter hearth, Old tales I heard of woe or mirth, Of lovers' slights, of ladies' charms, Of witches