 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...  Marmion - Pagina 128door sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 398 pagina’s
...youth Its glance had been ; Whose domo discording neighbours sought, Content with equity an bought; To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar guest, • Whose life and manners well conltl paint Alike the student and the saint: Alas ! whose speech too oft I broke With gambol rudo... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 pagina’s
...the venerable Priest, Our freqnent and familiar gnest, Whose life and manners well could paint 220 Alike the student and the saint ; Alas ! whose speech too oft I broke For I was wayward, bold, and wild, 224 A self-will'd imp, a grandarae's child ; Bnt, half a plagne,... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 540 pagina’s
...height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away." . . . thus nurtured, ... I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp,...plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caress'd." This tower is also the scene of his fine ballad, "The Eve of Saint John," said to have been... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 534 pagina’s
...swept the scarlet ranks away." . . . thus nurtured, ... I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-wilFd imp, a grandame's child ; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caresa'd." This tower is also the scene of his fine ballad, "The Eve of Saint John," said to have been... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1872 - 500 pagina’s
...charm as the fenced garden had for the mediaeval : " For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-willed imp — a grandame's child ; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caressed ; For me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conned task? Nay, Erskine,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 pagina’s
...charm as the fenced garden had for the mediaeval : " For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-willed imp — a grandame's child; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caressed . For me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conned task? Nay, Erskine,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 418 pagina’s
...garden had for the mediaeval ; " For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-willed imp — a grandamc's child ; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caressed : For me, thus nurtured, dost thon ask The classic poet's well-conned task ? Nay, Erskine,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1873 - 264 pagina’s
...youth its glance had been ; Whose doom discording neighbours sought, Content with equity unbought ; To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar...plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caress'd. For me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conn'd task ? Nay, Erskine,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1873 - 614 pagina’s
...youth its glance had been ; Whose doom discording neighbours sought, Content with equity unbought ; To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar...oft I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For 1 was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 996 pagina’s
...glance had been ; ABBOTSFORD. 307 Whose doom discording neighbors sought, Content with equity unbought; To him the venerable priest, Our frequent and familiar...could paint Alike the student and the saint; Alas ! whoso speech too oft I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke; For I was wayward, bold, and wild,... | |
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