 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 páginas
...his wounded side. " Then it was truth," — he said — " I knew That the dark presage must be true.I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...wasting fire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar-stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be ! — this dizzy trance — Curse on yon base... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 páginas
...wounded side. • Then it was truth,' he said — ' I knew That the dark presage must be true. — 1 would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...cursed my failing brand ! A sinful heart makes feeble hand.1 Then fainting down on earth he sunk, Supported by the trembling monk. XXXII. With fruitless... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 páginas
...wounded side. "Then it was truth ! " he said, — " I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...marauder's lance, And doubly cursed my failing brand J A sinful heart makes feeble hand." Then, fainting, down on earth he sunk. Supported by the trembling... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 346 páginas
...he said — " I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs 20 The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a day I For wasting fire and dying groan. And priests slain on the altar stone Might bribe him for delay.... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 456 páginas
...torrents, from his wounded side. " Then it was truth," he said: "I knew that the dark presage must be true. I would the Fiend, to whom belongs the vengeance due...altar stone, might bribe him for delay. It may not be!—this dizzy trance — curse on yon base marauder's lance, and doubly cursed my failing brand!... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1889 - 336 páginas
...wounded side. 'Then it was truth,' — he said — 'I knew 950 That the dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...spare me but a day! For wasting fire, and dying groan, 955 And priests slain on the altar stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be! — this dizzy... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 páginas
...his wounded side. " Then it was truth," he said — "I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...dying groan, And priests slain on the altar stone With fruitless labour, Clara bound, And strove to stanch the gushing wound : The Monk, with unavailing... | |
 | Walter Jenkinson Kaye - 1891 - 350 páginas
...his wounded side. " Then it was truth," he said ; " I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...wasting fire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar-stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be ! — this dizzy trance — Curse on yon base... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1891 - 300 páginas
...wounded side. " Then it was truth," — he said — " 1 knew . That the dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...wasting fire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar-stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be ! — this dizzy trance — Curse on yon base... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1891 - 328 páginas
...made to a priest, and pardon granted by him in consequence of the confession. * Presage: foreboding. Would spare me but a day ! For wasting fire, and dying groan, 955 And priests slain on the altar stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be ! — this dizzy... | |
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In vain for Constance is your zeal ; She died at Holy Isle."— Lord Marmion started from the ground, As light as if he felt no wound ; Though in the action burst the tide, In torrents, from his wounded side. " Then it was truth," he said — " I knew... 
