The Poetical Works of Sir Walter ScottA. and W. Galignani, 1831 - 490 pages |
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Page xi
... scene was laid . Having proceeded as far , I think , as the Seventh Chapter , I showed my work to a critical friend , whose opinion was un- favourable ; and having then some poetical repu- tation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it ...
... scene was laid . Having proceeded as far , I think , as the Seventh Chapter , I showed my work to a critical friend , whose opinion was un- favourable ; and having then some poetical repu- tation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it ...
Page xii
... scene of the tale was laid in the should enjoy the survivorship , on the condition that reign of Henry VI , and the work was written to I discharged the duties of the office in the meantime . illustrate the manners , customs , and ...
... scene of the tale was laid in the should enjoy the survivorship , on the condition that reign of Henry VI , and the work was written to I discharged the duties of the office in the meantime . illustrate the manners , customs , and ...
Page xxiv
... scenes with the Duke of Argyle are equally full of spirit ; and strangely compounded of perfect knowledge of life ... scene . There are no ghosts in Henry VIII , and no witches in the Merry Wives of Windsor ( except the merry ladies ) ...
... scenes with the Duke of Argyle are equally full of spirit ; and strangely compounded of perfect knowledge of life ... scene . There are no ghosts in Henry VIII , and no witches in the Merry Wives of Windsor ( except the merry ladies ) ...
Page xxv
... scenes at Argyle's loses , perhaps , in the exaggeration that is inci- castle , and in the escape from it - though dent to ... scene was compounded of Captain Fluellen and Bobadil ; laid in ancient Rome ! The author might talk -but the ...
... scenes at Argyle's loses , perhaps , in the exaggeration that is inci- castle , and in the escape from it - though dent to ... scene was compounded of Captain Fluellen and Bobadil ; laid in ancient Rome ! The author might talk -but the ...
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... scene in a period when the rivalry of the victo- rious Normans and the conquered Saxons had not been finally composed ; and when the courtly petulance and chivalrous and military pride of the one race might yet be set in splendid oppo ...
... scene in a period when the rivalry of the victo- rious Normans and the conquered Saxons had not been finally composed ; and when the courtly petulance and chivalrous and military pride of the one race might yet be set in splendid oppo ...
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Page 138 - He is gone on the mountain, He is lost to the forest, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing, From the rain-drops shall borrow, But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow ! The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.
Page 126 - Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking; Dream of battled fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking. In our isle's enchanted hall, Hands unseen thy couch are strewing, Fairy strains of music fall, Every sense in slumber dewing. Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, Dream of fighting fields no more; Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
Page 92 - 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...
Page 88 - England's message here, Although the meanest in her state, May well, proud Angus, be thy mate ! And, Douglas, more I tell thee here, Even in thy pitch of pride, Here in thy hold, thy vassals near, (Nay, never look upon your lord, And lay your hands upon your sword) I tell thee thou'rt defied!
Page 92 - Fitz-Eustace, to Lord Surrey hie; Tunstall lies dead upon the field, His life-blood stains the spotless shield: Edmund is down; my life is reft; The Admiral alone is left, Let Stanley charge with spur of fire—- With Chester charge, and Lancashire, Full upon Scotland's central host, Or victory and England's lost. Must I bid twice? hence, varlets! fly! Leave Marmion here alone — to die.
Page xxvi - In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along : The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot: Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost ; Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied : And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the latest minstrel sung.
Page 150 - I come with banner, brand, and bow, As leader seeks his mortal foe. For love-lorn swain, in lady's bower, Ne'er panted for the appointed hour, As I, until before me stand This rebel Chieftain and his band !
Page 88 - Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools the Douglas blood, I thought to slay him where he stood. 'Tis pity of him too," he cried : " Bold can he speak, and fairly ride, I warrant him a warrior tried.
Page 92 - 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 to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a day ! For 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 marauder's lance, And doubly cursed my failing brand ! A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
Page 151 - Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintain'd unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank blood ; No stinted draught, no scanty tide, The gushing flood the tartans dyed.