The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: The vision of Don RoderickLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, William Miller and John Murray, London; and for A. Constable and Company and John Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh, 1813 |
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... What time their hymn of victory arose , And Cattraeth's glens with voice of triumph rung , And mystic Merlin harp'd , and grey - hair'd Llywarch sung . > VIII . " Decayed our old traditionary lore , INTRODUCTION . 19.
... What time their hymn of victory arose , And Cattraeth's glens with voice of triumph rung , And mystic Merlin harp'd , and grey - hair'd Llywarch sung . > VIII . " Decayed our old traditionary lore , INTRODUCTION . 19.
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... harp of minstrel rung , Of faith so felly proved , so firmly true ! Mine , sap , and bomb , thy shatter'd ruins knew , Each art of war's extremity had room , Twice from thy half - sack'd streets the foe withdrew , And when at length ...
... harp of minstrel rung , Of faith so felly proved , so firmly true ! Mine , sap , and bomb , thy shatter'd ruins knew , Each art of war's extremity had room , Twice from thy half - sack'd streets the foe withdrew , And when at length ...
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... harp , green Isle ! -the Hero is thine own . LXI . Now on the scene Vimeira should be shown , On Talavera's fight should Roderick gaze , And hear Corunna wail her battle won , And see Busaco's crest with light'ning blaze : - But shall ...
... harp , green Isle ! -the Hero is thine own . LXI . Now on the scene Vimeira should be shown , On Talavera's fight should Roderick gaze , And hear Corunna wail her battle won , And see Busaco's crest with light'ning blaze : - But shall ...
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... , the heroes of that well - fought day , How shall a bard , unknowing and unknown , His meed to each victorious leader pay , Or bind on every brow the laurels won ? Yet fain my harp would wake its boldest tone , 78 CONCLUSION .
... , the heroes of that well - fought day , How shall a bard , unknowing and unknown , His meed to each victorious leader pay , Or bind on every brow the laurels won ? Yet fain my harp would wake its boldest tone , 78 CONCLUSION .
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Sir Walter Scott. Yet fain my harp would wake its boldest tone , O'er the wide sea to hail CADOGAN brave ; And he , perchance , the minstrel note might own , Mindful of meeting brief that Fortune gave Mid yon far western isles that hear ...
Sir Walter Scott. Yet fain my harp would wake its boldest tone , O'er the wide sea to hail CADOGAN brave ; And he , perchance , the minstrel note might own , Mindful of meeting brief that Fortune gave Mid yon far western isles that hear ...
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arms army bade band Banner Bard Barosa battle beneath blaze blithe bold Bolero British Buonaparte burst Chief of Kintail conquest Count Julian crest cuirassier dark Don Roderick dread enemy Ettrick Forest fair fame fatal fate fear fell field fierce fight fire flame forest French gallant glance glory goblet that flows Goths GRÆME hand harp hast hath havock hear heard heart Heaven heroes High Chief honour Hougomont king ladies gay land light lords and ladies Mackenzie mark'd Massena mingled minstrel Monarch's Moors mountain ne'er Norsemen Note o'er Oppas Orelia Portugal Prelate proud rage ranks ruins Saint Cloud Saracens scene Scotland shatter'd shout slain sleep song Spain Spanish squadrons stern storm sung sword tale thee thine thou Toledo tower Troubadour valour victory VISION OF DON voice waked Waken lords warriors WATERLOO Wheel the wild wild dance Zaragoza
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