The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet, Volume 9A. Constable, 1821 |
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Allaster ancient Angus Angus Og archers Ardnamurchan Argentine Argyleshire arms army Artornish Barbour bark battle battle of Bannockburn battle of Methven beneath blood bold bore brave brother brow called CANTO Carrick castle chief Chieftain command Comyn dark Douglas dread Duci Hibernicorum Earl Earl of Ross Edith Edward Edward Bruce enemy England English fair fame fear fell fierce fight glance hand hast hath head heart Heaven Highland horse host Isabel island Isle of Arran Isles John King Robert Kirkpatrick knight land Liege light Loch Lord Ronald Lorn Maid of Lorn minstrel Monarch mountain ne'er Nigel Bruce noble Note o'er prince Randolph rock round rude sail scene Scotland Scottish Seatoun seem'd seid shore Sigillum Abbatis slain Somerled spear stone sword tell thee thine thou tide tower Turnberry VIII wake wave Western Isles wild Zaragoza
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Página 46 - wildernesse, yea, and nothing " shall escape them. 4. ' • The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses " and as horsemen, so shall they runne. 5. " Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains, " shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that
Página 313 - Ay !—but they bend to other powers, " And other pardon sue than ours ! " See where yon bare-foot Abbot stands, " And blesses them with lifted hands ! " Upon the spot where they have kneel'd, " These men will die, or win the field."— " —Then prove we if they die or win ! " Bid Gloster's Earl the fight begin."—
Página 162 - might sway A mass no host could raise, In Nature's rage at random thrown, Yet trembling like the Druid's Stone On its precarious base. The evening mists, with ceaseless change, Now clothed the mountains' lofty range, Now left their foreheads bare, And round the skirts their mantle furl'd, Or on the sable waters
Página 190 - twas sublime, but sad.—The loneliness Loaded thy heart, the desert tired thine eye; And strange and awful fears began to press Thy bosom with a stern solemnity. Then hast thou wish'd some woodman's cottage nigh, Something that shew'd of life, though low and mean; Glad sight, its curling wreath of smoke to
Página 302 - at sight of shield and lance. " Know'st thou," he said, " De Argentine, " Yon knight who marshals thus their line ?"— " The tokens on his helmet tell " The Bruce, my Liege: I know him well. " — " And shall the audacious traitor brave " The presence where our banners wave ?"— " So please my Liege," said Argentine, " Were he but horsed on steed like mine,
Página 289 - V. Right to devoted Caledon The storm of war rolls slowly on, With menace deep and dread; So the dark clouds, with gathering power, Suspend a while the threaten'd shower, Till every peak and summit lower Round the pale pilgrim's head. Not with such pilgrim's startled eye King Robert mark
Página 208 - the tints of evening's hour, The beach was silver sheen, The wind breathed soft as lover's sigh, And, oft renew'd, scem'd oft to die, With breathless pause between. O who, with speech of war and woes, Would wish to break the soft repose Of such enchanting scene!
Página 206 - breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea. Lest, rounding wild Cantire, they meet The Southern foemen's watchful fleet, They held unwonted way ;— Up Tarbat's western lake they bore, Then dragg'd their bark the isthmus o'er, As far as KilmaconnePs shore, Upon the eastern bay. It was a wond'rous sight to
Página 163 - Or on the eddying breezes whiiTd, Dispersed in middle air. And oft, condensed, at once they lower, When, brief and fierce, the mountain shower Pours like a torrent down, And when return the sun's glad beams, Whiten'd with foam, a thousand streams Leap from the mountain's crown.
Página 111 - Then lords and ladies spake aside, And angry looks the error chide, That gave to guests unnamed, unknown, A place so near their prince's throne; But Owen Erraught said, " For forty years a seneschal, " To marshal guests in bower and hall " Has been my honour'd trade. " Worship and birth to me are known,