Legends of Galloway: Being a Series of Traditions, Illustrative of Its Ancient History, Customs, Manners, and SuperstitionsA. Constable, 1825 - Всего страниц: 294 |
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Стр. 269 - FLODDEN ! on thy blood-stain'd head Descend no rain nor vernal dew ; But still, thou charnel of the dead, May whitening bones thy surface strew ! Soon as I tread thy rush-clad vale, Wild fancy feels the clasping mail ; The rancour of a thousand years Glows in my breast ; again I burn To see the banner'd pomp of war return, And mark, beneath the moon, the silver light of spears.
Стр. 49 - The border slogan rent the sky ! A Home ! a Gordon ! was the cry : Loud were the clanging blows ; Advanced, — forced back, — now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose ; As bends the bark's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It wavered 'mid the foes.
Стр. 190 - Now the storm begins to lower (Haste, the loom of Hell prepare), Iron-sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air. Glittering lances are the loom, Where the dusky warp we strain, Weaving many a soldier's doom, Orkney's woe, and Randver's bane.
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Стр. 132 - The auld man went down, but Nicol, his son, Ran away afore the fight was begun ; And he run, and he run, And afore they were done, There was many a Featherston gat sic a stun, As never was seen since the world begun. I canno tell a', I canno tell a ' ; Some gat a skelp,* and some gat a claw; But they gar'd the Featherstons haud their jaw,f— Nicol, and Alick, and a. ' Some gat a hurt, and some gat nane; Some had harness, and some gat sta'en.J Ane gat a twist o...
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Стр. 11 - Cruggleton, who, being brave warriors, stood boldly up for the independence of their country under Wallace, and it was one of their forefathers who, at a place called Dunmoir in Carrick, was particularly instrumental in giving the Danes a notable overthrow, and took Eric, the son of Swain, prisoner, for which service the king gave bim lands in Carrick.
Стр. 161 - ... illness, all through the weary sleepless nights, Kate had bitterly regretted her love for Rene ; she thought of it as an awful sin. No crime could have haunted her more or caused her more remorse. All her sufferings she considered to be only a just retribution for her falseness towards her friend. It was in vain that she tried to persuade herself that her love for Rene was dead.
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