 ... not trust the people, So he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the heavens, And they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether The eye of God shone through ! Yet a black and murky battlement Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder...  Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, and Other Poems - Página 43de William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1849 - 351 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1844 - 826 páginas
...Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder slept within — All else was calm and still. XVII. The grim Geneva ministers With anxious scowl drew...have seen the ravens flock Around the dying deer. feet ; and sarks provided for him with pearling about, above ten pund the elne. All these were provided... | |
 | 1844 - 834 páginas
...Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder slept within — All else was calm and still. XVII. The grim Geneva ministers With anxious scowl drew...have seen the ravens flock Around the dying deer. feet ; and sarks provided for him with pearling about, above ten pund the eine. All these were provided... | |
 | 1844 - 828 páginas
...while with them, and then went up the ladder, in his red scarlet tassoci, in a very stately manner." He would not deign them word nor sign, But alone he bent the knee ; And vuil'd his face for Christ's dear grace Beneath the gallows-tree. Then radiant and serene he rose,... | |
 | 1849 - 742 páginas
...battlement Lay resting on the hill, And though the thunder slept within, All else was calm and still. The grim Geneva ministers With anxious scowl drew...he rose, And cast his cloak away : For he had ta'en the latest look Of earth, and sun, and day. A beam of light fell o'er him. Like a glory round the shriven,... | |
 | University magazine - 1849 - 836 páginas
...battlement Lay resting on the hill, And thouyli the thunder slept within, AH else iras calm and still. " The grim Geneva ministers With anxious scowl drew...deer. He would not deign them word nor sign, But alone be bent the knee, And veiled his face for Christ's dear grace, Beneath the gallows-tree. Then radiant... | |
 | 1850 - 662 páginas
...Covenanters is that of a band of gloomy fanatics, the enemies of civilisation and the human race : " The grim Geneva ministers, With anxious scowl drew...have seen the ravens flock Around the dying deer." This is cruel irony ; the wit is serious and the style opaque. The scene is Montrose upon the scaffold... | |
 | 1852 - 492 páginas
...battlement Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder slept within, — All else was calm and still. " The grim Geneva ministers With anxious scowl drew...ta'en his latest look Of earth, and sun, and day. " A beam of light fell o'er him, Like a glory round the shriven, And he climbed the lofty ladder As... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 páginas
...they marvelled as they saw him pass, that great and goodly man ! Then radiant and serene he stood, and cast his cloak away : For he had ta'en his latest look of earth and sun and day. He mounted up the scaffold, and he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, —... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 páginas
...And they marvelled as they saw him pass, that great and goodly man! Then radiant and serene he stood, and cast his cloak away For he had ta'en his latest look of earth and sun and day. He mounted up the scaffold, and he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, —... | |
 | 1854 - 576 páginas
...— And God who made shall gather them : I go from you to Him ! " Then radiant and serene he stood, and cast his cloak away For he had ta'en his latest look of earth and sun and day. He mounted up the scaffold, and ho turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, —... | |
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