Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. " O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure, a more redoubted knight Mischance did never take. Percy: Prelate and Poet - Página 41por Alice Cecilia Caroline Gaussen - 1908 - 324 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| English poetry - 1844 - 70 páginas
...all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy sees my fall." Then leaving life, Earl Percy tooke The dead man by the hand ; And said, " Earl Douglas, for thy life Wold I had lost my land. " Ah me ! my verry heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure, a... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...than these, " Fight on, my merry men1 all ; For why, my life is at an end ; Lord Percy sees my fall."2 Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by...Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. " Ah me ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure, a more redoubted3 knight Mischance... | |
| 1848 - 798 páginas
...altered for the better, and that is where Lord Percy commiserates Douglas's death. The last copy has, — Then leaving life Earl Percy took The dead man by...Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land ; whereas in the old copy Lord Percy, we must confess, displays a very niggardly disposition in the... | |
| 1848 - 748 páginas
...altered for the better, and that is where Lord Percy commiserates Douglas's death. The last copy has, — Then leaving life Earl Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy Ufe Would I had lost my land ; whereas in the old copy Lord Percy, we must confess, displays a very... | |
| Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 páginas
...than these, Fight on, my merry men all ! For why ? my life is at an end : Lord Percy sees my fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by...Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land ! A Knight amongst the Scots there was, Which saw Earl Douglas die, Who straight in wrath did vow revenge... | |
| Henry Philip Tappan - 1852 - 318 páginas
...than these : Fight on, my merry men all ; For why ? my life is at an end : Lord Percy sees my fall. Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by...said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my hand ! O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake : For sure a more redoubted knight... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 596 páginas
...style, which one may well pardon in so old a poet, prejudice him against me greatness of the thought. 'Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by...Douglas for thy life Would I had lost my land. O Christ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake; *' For sure a more renowned knight Mischance did... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1853 - 546 páginas
...which one may well pardon in so old a poet, prejudice him against the greatness of the thought : ' Then leaving life, earl Percy took The dead man by...earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. 1 0 Chrkt ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure a more renowned knight Mischance... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 páginas
...chiefs have seen me beg my life." " Then leaving life, Burl Percy took The dead man by the hand, AnH said. Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. O Christ ! my very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy BBke ; For sure a more renowned knight Mischance did... | |
| 1853 - 756 páginas
...against uie greatness of the thought : — Then leaving life, Earl Percy took The dead man by the band, And said, Earl Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land. 0 Christ! my Tory heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake; For sure a more renowned knight Mischance... | |
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