The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: Marmion; a tale of Flodden fieldLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, William Miller and John Murray, London; and for A. Constable and Company and John Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh, 1813 |
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... length , an effort sent apart The blood that curdled to her heart , And light came to her eye , And colour dawned upon her cheek , A hectic and a fluttered streak , Like that left on the Cheviot peak , By Autumn's 104 CANTO II . MARMION .
... length , an effort sent apart The blood that curdled to her heart , And light came to her eye , And colour dawned upon her cheek , A hectic and a fluttered streak , Like that left on the Cheviot peak , By Autumn's 104 CANTO II . MARMION .
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... length , Still as she spoke , she gathered strength , And arm'd herself to bear . It was a fearful sight to see Such high resolve and constancy , In form so soft and fair . XXVII . " I speak not to implore your grace ; Well know I , for ...
... length , Still as she spoke , she gathered strength , And arm'd herself to bear . It was a fearful sight to see Such high resolve and constancy , In form so soft and fair . XXVII . " I speak not to implore your grace ; Well know I , for ...
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... length upon the floor , Again I fought each combat o'er , Pebbles and shells , in order laid , The mimic ranks of war displayed ; And onward still the Scottish Lion bore , And still the scattered Southron fled before . Still , with vain ...
... length upon the floor , Again I fought each combat o'er , Pebbles and shells , in order laid , The mimic ranks of war displayed ; And onward still the Scottish Lion bore , And still the scattered Southron fled before . Still , with vain ...
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... length in silence drear , Unbroke , save when in comrade's ear Some yeoman , wondering in his fear , Thus whispered forth his mind : — " Saint Mary ! saw'st thou e'er such sight ? How pale his cheek , his eye how bright , 138 CANTO III ...
... length in silence drear , Unbroke , save when in comrade's ear Some yeoman , wondering in his fear , Thus whispered forth his mind : — " Saint Mary ! saw'st thou e'er such sight ? How pale his cheek , his eye how bright , 138 CANTO III ...
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... length of limb the same : Long afterwards did Scotland know , Fell Edward was her daedliest foe . XXIV . " The vision made our monarch start , But soon he mann'd his noble heart , • Edward I. , surnamed Longshanks . And in the first ...
... length of limb the same : Long afterwards did Scotland know , Fell Edward was her daedliest foe . XXIV . " The vision made our monarch start , But soon he mann'd his noble heart , • Edward I. , surnamed Longshanks . And in the first ...
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Abbess ancient Angus arms array band banner battle beneath blast Blount bold Border brand called CANTO castle Clare cross dame dark deep Douglas Earl Earl of Angus Earl of Mar Edinburgh England English Ettricke Forest Eustace fair fear fell fight Fitz-Eustace Flodden foes gallant grace grave Guenever hall hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Hilda hill holy Holy Island honoured horse host James IV King James king's knight Lady land light Lindesay Lindisfarn look Lord Marmion loud merry minstrel monarch monks mountain ne'er noble Norham Norham Castle Northumberland Note nought o'er Palmer passed Perchance Pitscottie plain pray rest rode round royal rude Saint scarce Scotland Scottish shew shield Sir David Sir Launcelot spear squire steed stood Surrey sword tale Tamworth Tantallon tell thee Thomas Gray thou thought tide tower Twas Whitby Whitby's wild Wilton
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الصفحة 254 - 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 bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
الصفحة 255 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
الصفحة 253 - Netherby 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.
الصفحة 331 - twere not for thy hoary beard, Such hand as Marmion's had not spared To cleave the Douglas' head. And first I tell thee, haughty peer, He, who does England's message here, Although the meanest in her State, May well, proud Angus, be thy mate. And, Douglas...
الصفحة 253 - Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword (For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word), "O, come ye in peace here, or come ye in war Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?
الصفحة 212 - With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Like that which streaks a thunder-cloud. Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town...
الصفحة 356 - O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
الصفحة 137 - 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 ; Eleu loro There shall he be lying.
الصفحة 363 - To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter...
الصفحة 103 - Had given him to the headsman's stroke, Although my heart that instant broke. — Now, men of death, work forth your will, For I can suffer, and be still ; And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but Death who comes at last.