...picturesquely before us in the introduction to the first canto of Marmion : — Late, gazing down the sleepy linn, That hems our little garden in, Low in its dark...ken, So thick the tangled green-wood grew, So feeble trilled the streamlet through : Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FISSI. To V, i iii ,\ M STEWART KOBE, ESQ. Asheiticl. fftrtc* Foral. NOVEMBER'S »ky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear...gazing down the steepy linn, That hems our little -M .Ion in, Low in its dark and narrow gleu, You scarce the rivulet might ken, So thick the tangled...

...FIELD. MARMION. INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST. To WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ. Ashestiel, Ettrick Forest. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf...ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble thrilled the streamlet through : Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...unsung. NELSON, PITT, AND FOX. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sere : Late, gazing down the steepy linn That hems our little...ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble trilled the streamlet through : Now murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...first canto of Marmion is indeed one of the finest specimens of Scott's descriptive poetry : — *' November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf...steepy linn, That hems our little garden in, Low in in its dark and narrow glen, Yon Bcarce the rivulet might ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew....

...much.'@TENNYSON. 123.Point out the adverbs in the following, and show why you call them adverbs :@ ' Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet...ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble trilled the streamlet through.'@SCOTT. .124. Parse the words in italics :@ ' My father blessed me fervently....

...described more vividly than in Scott's own words in the introduction to the first canto of Marmion:-— % November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf...is red and sear; Late, gazing down the steepy linn, 1 That hems our little garden in, Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet might ken,...

...September, 1513. INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST. To WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ. Ashcstiel, Ettricke Forest. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf...ken, So thick the tangled green-wood grew, So feeble trilled tlie streamlet thiough : Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and brier, no...

...April> 1830. MARMION. INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST. WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ. Ashesliel, Ettrick Forest. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf...ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble trill'd the streamlet through : Now,murmuringhoarse,andfrequentseen, Through bush and brier, no longer...

...September, 1513. INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST. To WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ. Ashestill, Ettrickc Ftrtst. NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear : Late, gazing down me steepy linn, That hems our little garden in, Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet...