Marmion: With All the Copyright Introductions, Notes, and ReadingsA. and C. Black, 1874 - 317 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... once what I consi- dered the handsome offer of my publishers . These gentlemen , at least , were not of opinion that they had been taken advantage of in the transaction , which in- deed was one of their own framing ; on the contrary ...
... once what I consi- dered the handsome offer of my publishers . These gentlemen , at least , were not of opinion that they had been taken advantage of in the transaction , which in- deed was one of their own framing ; on the contrary ...
Pagina 46
... once the hair ; Hard toil can roughen form and face , 1 And want can quench the eye's bright grace , Nor does old age a wrinkle trace More deeply than despair . Happy whom none of these befall , 2 But this poor Palmer knew them all ...
... once the hair ; Hard toil can roughen form and face , 1 And want can quench the eye's bright grace , Nor does old age a wrinkle trace More deeply than despair . Happy whom none of these befall , 2 But this poor Palmer knew them all ...
Pagina 49
... once a forest fair , 1 When these waste glens with copse were lined , And peopled with the hart and hind . Yon Thorn - perchance whose prickly spears Have fenced him for three hundred years , While fell around his green compeers Yon ...
... once a forest fair , 1 When these waste glens with copse were lined , And peopled with the hart and hind . Yon Thorn - perchance whose prickly spears Have fenced him for three hundred years , While fell around his green compeers Yon ...
Pagina 54
... once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand2 Marks where the water meets the land . ' [ See Appendix , Note U. ] [ MS.- " At once upon the { silent } brink And just a line of pebbly sand . ' 7 Far in the mirror , bright ...
... once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand2 Marks where the water meets the land . ' [ See Appendix , Note U. ] [ MS.- " At once upon the { silent } brink And just a line of pebbly sand . ' 7 Far in the mirror , bright ...
Pagina 68
... once did dwell , The lovely Edelfied ; " And how , of thousand snakes , each one Was changed into a coil of stone , When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves , within their holy bound , Their stony folds had often found . I See Appendix ...
... once did dwell , The lovely Edelfied ; " And how , of thousand snakes , each one Was changed into a coil of stone , When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves , within their holy bound , Their stony folds had often found . I See Appendix ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Abbess ancient Angus Appendix arms band Baron battle battle of Flodden beneath bold Border brand called CANTO castle chapel Clare Cuthbert dame dark deep Douglas e'er Earl Earl of Angus Earl of Mar Edinburgh England English Ettrick Forest Eustace fair falcon fear fell fight Fitz-Eustace gallant grace grave hall hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Hilda hill holy Holy Island honour horse host James IV King James King's knight Lady land light Lindesay Lord Marmion loud maid mark'd merry minstrel Monarch monks mountain ne'er never noble Norham Northumberland Note o'er Palmer pass'd Perchance poem rest rode round royal rude Saint Saint George scarce Scotland Scottish seem'd shield show'd Sir Launcelot spear squire steed stood Surrey sword tale Tamworth Tantallon tell thee Thomas Gray thou thought tide tower Twas Tweed Whitby Whitby's wild Wilton
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Pagina 171 - 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?
Pagina 170 - Eske river where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at 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.
Pagina 219 - Not lighter does the swallow skim Along the smooth lake's level brim: And when Lord Marmion reached his band, He halts, and turns with clenched hand, And shout of loud defiance pours, And shook his gauntlet at the towers. ' Horse ! horse ! ' the Douglas cried, ' and chase ! ' But soon he reined his fury's pace: ' A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name.
Pagina 239 - By many a death-bed I have been, And many a sinner's parting seen, But never aught like this." — The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — "Stanley!" was the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye: With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted " Victory ! — Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on ! " Were the last words of Marmion.
Pagina 11 - Yes, prattlers, yes. The daisy's flower Again shall paint your summer bower ; Again the hawthorn shall supply The garlands you delight to tie ; The lambs upon the lea shall bound, The wild birds carol to the round, And while you frolic light as they, Too short shall seem the summer day.
Pagina 85 - Thus while I ape the measure wild Of tales that charmed me yet a child, Rude though they be, still with the chime Return the thoughts of early time; And feelings, roused in life's first day, Glow in the line and prompt the lay.
Pagina 146 - 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...
Pagina 15 - How high they soar'd above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue for place; Like fabled Gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar...
Pagina 171 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,