 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.  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 88by Walter Scott - 1831 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1871 - 248 pages
...unworthy of the name. — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed ! Did ever knight so foul a deed ! At first in heart it liked me ill, When the King praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to Saint Bothau, son of mine,26 230 Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 pages
...son of mine, jj | 8 Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, K s j H f Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. Saint Mary, mend...fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools the Douglas blood — X H E « I thought to slay him where he stood. L z z 'Tis pity of him, too," he cried : £ 3 *... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...reined his fury's pace : " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. • ...» St. H C lie stood. 'T is pity of him too," he cried ; " Bold can he speak, and fairly ride : I warrant him... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1873 - 264 pages
...unworthy of the name. — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed ! Did ever knight so foul a deed ! At first in heart it liked me ill, When the King praised...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."... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...But soon he reined his fury's pace: " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name.— Saint Mary mend my fiery mood ! Old age ne'er cools...blood ; I thought to slay him where he stood.— 'T is pity of him too," he cried ; " Bold can he speak, and fairly ride: I warrant him a warrior tried."—... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1874 - 336 pages
...unworthy of the name — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed, Did ever knight so foul a deed ! * At first in heart it liked me ill, When the King praised...his clerkly skill. Thanks to Saint Bothan, son of mine8 Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...But soon he reined his fury's pace: " A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. Saint Mary mend my fiery mood! Old age ne'er cools...blood. I thought to slay him where he stood. 'T is pity of him, too," he cried; " Bold can he speak, and fairly ride— I warrant him a warrior tried."... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - 1875 - 252 pages
...Douglas cried, "and chase!" "A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name. ******* 8. Saint Mary, mend my fiery mood! Old age ne'er cools...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."... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1876 - 428 pages
...of active life, a certain prejudice against reading and calculating ; as Douglas says in Marmion : At first in heart it liked me ill, When the king praised...a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, Let my boy. bishop fret his fill. The poet Alain Chartier pours forth a doleful complaint of the ignorance... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1876 - 446 pages
...unworthy of the name. — A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed ! Did ever knight so foul a deed ! t At first in heart it liked me ill, When the King praised...could pen a line : So swore I, and I swear it still, my boy-bishop fret his fill.— Old; .. .. ie Douglas blood, where he stood. he speak, and fairly ride,... | |
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