The sun's retiring beams? — I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, Twere worth ten years of peaceful... The poetical works of Walter Scott - Стр. 77авторы: sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1868 - Страниц: 510
...o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! ;__ To hero bonne for battle strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array. Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground ; Their centre ranks, with pike... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - Страниц: 398
...years of peaceful life, One, glance at their array ! "Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground. Their centre ranks, with pike and spear, A twilight forest frowned, Thuir bardert horsemen, in the rear, The stern battalia crowned No cymbal clashed, no clarion... | |
| Walter Scott - 1869 - Страниц: 336
...o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! " Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground, Their centre ranks, with pike... | |
| Chicago (Ill.). Executive Committee for the Army Reunion, 1868 - 1869 - Страниц: 376
...portray the scene by words or picture, yet he fully realizes the feeling described by the Scottish bard, '"Twere worth ten years of peaceful life One glance at their array." The seige of Corinth followed the battle of Shiloh. Here the discomfited enemy placed himself behind... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - Страниц: 798
...Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bonne for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere...years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! 16 ' Their light-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled gronnd, Their centre ranks, with... | |
| Arabella M. Willson - 1870 - Страниц: 654
...cadenced to the music, in full view of our expectant army, they swept down the slope into the valley. " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array." PICKETT'S veteran Corps of Virginians, freshly arrived on the field, led the van; PETTIGREW'S Carolina... | |
| John Fanning Watson - 1870 - Страниц: 682
...Tryon, was on the British side. For more concerning our navy, see App. p. 560, THE FEDERAL PROCESSION. " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life — One glance at their array." THIS great procession took place at Philadelphia, for the purpose of celebrating the adoption of the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1871 - Страниц: 234
...Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere...with pike and spear, A twilight forest frown'd, Their barbed horsemen, in the rear, The stern battalia crown'd. No cymbal clash'd, no clarion rang, Still... | |
| James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - Страниц: 540
...Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far I To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere...years of peaceful life, One glance at their array I " This lay shows how the battle swept through the Trosachs and along the shores of Katrine ; how... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1872 - Страниц: 848
...battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, Т were worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array 1 XVI. " Their light-arm'd archers far and near Survey*d...pike and spear, A twilight forest frown'd ; Their barbed horsemen, in the rear, The stern battalia crown'd. No cymbal clash'd, no clarion rang, Stall... | |
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