 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, more I tell thee here, Even in thy pitch of pride, Here, in thy hold, thy vassals...  The Sprague Classic Readers: Book 1-5 - Page 217by Sarah E. Sprague - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...'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...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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...'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...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 !... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...'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...pitch of pride, Here, in thy hold, thy vassals near, (Nay, never look upon your lord, And lay your hand upon your sword,) I tell thee, thour't defied !... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...thy hoary heard, Such hand as Marmion's had not spared To cleave the Douglas' head ! And, first, 1 tell thee, haughty Peer, He, who does England's message...Although the meanest in her state, May well, proud Angus, he thy mate : And, Douglas, more I tell thee here, E'en in thy pitch of pride, Here in thy Hold, thy... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...'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...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 !... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 pages
...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...pitch of pride, " Here in thy hold, thy vassals near, " (Nay, never look upon your lord, " And lay your hand* upon your sword,) " I tell thee, thou'rt defied... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...'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...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 !... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...'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...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... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...'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 of her state, May well, proud Angus, be thy mate : And, Douglas, more I tell thee here, E'en in thy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...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...proud Angus, be thy mate : And, Douglas, more I tell thce here, Even in thy pitch of pride, Here, in thy hold thy vassals near (Nay, never look upon your... | |
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