Marmion: A Tale of Flodden FieldA. and C. Black, 1855 - Всего страниц: 408 |
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... arms , Whose hand the armorial truncheon held . At length up that wild dale they wind , Where Crichtoun Castle crowns the bank . STANZA JOHN GILBERT . JOHN GILBERT . 1 BIRKET FOSTER . JOHN GILBERT . BIRKET FOSTER . 10 Crichtoun though ...
... arms , Whose hand the armorial truncheon held . At length up that wild dale they wind , Where Crichtoun Castle crowns the bank . STANZA JOHN GILBERT . JOHN GILBERT . 1 BIRKET FOSTER . JOHN GILBERT . BIRKET FOSTER . 10 Crichtoun though ...
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... arm , to aid the freeman's laws . Had'st thou but lived , though stripp'd of A watchman on the lonely tower , Thy thrilling trump had roused the land , When fraud or danger were at hand ; By thee , as by the beacon - light , Our pilots ...
... arm , to aid the freeman's laws . Had'st thou but lived , though stripp'd of A watchman on the lonely tower , Thy thrilling trump had roused the land , When fraud or danger were at hand ; By thee , as by the beacon - light , Our pilots ...
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... arms , with all his train , Shield , lance , and brand , and plume , and scarf , Fay , giant , dragon , squire , and dwarf , And wizard with his wand of might , And errant maid on palfrey white . Around the Genius weave their spells ...
... arms , with all his train , Shield , lance , and brand , and plume , and scarf , Fay , giant , dragon , squire , and dwarf , And wizard with his wand of might , And errant maid on palfrey white . Around the Genius weave their spells ...
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... arm'd from head to heel , In mail and plate of Milan steel ; 1 1 The artists of Milan were famous in the middle ages for their skill in armoury , as appears from the following passage , in which Froissart gives an account of the ...
... arm'd from head to heel , In mail and plate of Milan steel ; 1 1 The artists of Milan were famous in the middle ages for their skill in armoury , as appears from the following passage , in which Froissart gives an account of the ...
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... . This must appear to the reader a singular specimen of the humour of that time . I suspect the Jockey Club would have given a different decision from Henry IV . VIII . Four men - at - arms came at CANTO I 59 THE CASTLE . 69.
... . This must appear to the reader a singular specimen of the humour of that time . I suspect the Jockey Club would have given a different decision from Henry IV . VIII . Four men - at - arms came at CANTO I 59 THE CASTLE . 69.
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Abbess ancient Angus arms band Baron battle battle of Flodden beneath BIRKET FOSTER blast bold Border Bothwell brow called castle Clare dame dark deep Douglas e'er Earl Earl of Angus Earl of Mar Edinburgh English ETTRICK FOREST Eustace fair falcon fear fell fight Fitz-Eustace foes gallant grace grave Guenever hall hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven hill holy Holy Island honour horse host Introduction to Canto James IV JOHN GILBERT King's knight Lady land Lindesay Lord Marmion loud maid mark'd minstrel monarch monks mountain ne'er noble Norham Note nought o'er Palmer pass'd Perchance plain proud rest rode round royal rude scarce Scotland Scott Scottish Scottish March seem'd shade shield show'd Sir David Sir Launcelot spear squire steed stood sword tale Tamworth Tantallon tell thee thou thought tide tower Twas Tweed Whitby Whitby's wild Wilton
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Стр. 271 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Стр. 368 - While many a broken band, Disordered, through her currents dash, To gain the Scottish land; To town and tower, to down and dale, To tell red Flodden's dismal tale, And raise the universal wail. Tradition, legend, tune, and song, ^ Shall many an age that wail prolong; Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife and carnage drear Of Flodden's fatal field, " Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield ! XXXV.
Стр. 271 - The bride kissed the goblet; the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, "Now tread we a measure!
Стр. 363 - 'Or injured Constance, bathes my head?" Then, as remembrance rose, — " Speak not to me of shrift or prayer ! I must redress her woes. Short space...
Стр. 270 - Eske river where ford there was none ; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Стр. 303 - Heap on more wood ! — the wind is chill, But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
Стр. 368 - Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their King, their Lords, their mightiest low, They melted from the field, as snow, When streams are swoln and south winds blow, Dissolves in silent dew.
Стр. 271 - Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.' One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! — ' She is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur ; They 'll have fleet steeds that follow, 'quoth young Lochinvar.
Стр. 96 - And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Стр. 304 - And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious rite Gave honour to the holy night ; On Christmas Eve the bells were rung ; On Christmas Eve the mass was sung : That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear.