The poetical works of Walter Scott, Volume 12 |
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... 'er Ocean's range ; Nor shouts , nor clashing arms , its mood could mar , All as it swell'd ' twixt each loud trumpet - change , That clangs to Britain victory , to Portugal revenge ! II . Yes ! such a strain , with all Introduction.
... 'er Ocean's range ; Nor shouts , nor clashing arms , its mood could mar , All as it swell'd ' twixt each loud trumpet - change , That clangs to Britain victory , to Portugal revenge ! II . Yes ! such a strain , with all Introduction.
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... victory arose , And Cattraeth's glens with voice of triumph rung , And mystic Merlin harp'd , and grey - hair'd Llywarch sung . V. O ! if your wilds such minstrelsy retain , As sure your changeful gales seem oft to say , When sweeping ...
... victory arose , And Cattraeth's glens with voice of triumph rung , And mystic Merlin harp'd , and grey - hair'd Llywarch sung . V. O ! if your wilds such minstrelsy retain , As sure your changeful gales seem oft to say , When sweeping ...
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... victory secure ; Skilful their force to sever or unite , And train'd alike to vanquish or endure . Nor skilful less , cheap conquest to insure , Discord to breathe , and jealousy to sow , To quell by boasting , and by bribes to lure ...
... victory secure ; Skilful their force to sever or unite , And train'd alike to vanquish or endure . Nor skilful less , cheap conquest to insure , Discord to breathe , and jealousy to sow , To quell by boasting , and by bribes to lure ...
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... victory ! For that sad pageant of events to be , Shew'd every form of fight by field and flood ; Slaughter and Ruin , shouting forth their glee , Beheld , while riding on the tempest - scud , The waters choak'd with slain , the earth ...
... victory ! For that sad pageant of events to be , Shew'd every form of fight by field and flood ; Slaughter and Ruin , shouting forth their glee , Beheld , while riding on the tempest - scud , The waters choak'd with slain , the earth ...
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... victory are most likely to attain it ? —It is not the least of Lord Wellington's military merits , that the slightest disposition towards marauding meets immediate punishment . Independently of all moral ob- ligation , the army which is ...
... victory are most likely to attain it ? —It is not the least of Lord Wellington's military merits , that the slightest disposition towards marauding meets immediate punishment . Independently of all moral ob- ligation , the army which is ...
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Andalusia arms army bade band Banner Bard Barosa battle beneath blaze blithe bold Bolero British Buonaparte burst Chief of Kintail conquest Count Julian crest cross'd 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 hear heard heart Heaven heroes High Chief Hispania honour Hougomont king ladies gay land light lords and ladies loud 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 squadrons stern storm sung sword tale thee thine thou thunders Toledo tower Troubadour valour verse victory voice waked warriors WATERLOO Wheel the wild wild dance Zaragoza
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Página 98 - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Página 122 - Diamonds on the brake are gleaming, And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green ; Now we come to chant our lay Waken, lords and ladies gay...
Página 98 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Página 122 - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Página 176 - The lancer couch'd his ruthless spear, And hurrying as to havoc near, The cohorts' eagles flew. In one dark torrent, broad and strong, The advancing onset...
Página 122 - To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.' " Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the greenwood haste away; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot and tall of size; We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers fray'd; You shall see him brought to bay; 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 121 - Waken, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day; All the jolly chase is here, With hawk and horse and hunting-spear Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they, "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 115 - Till through her wasted hand, at night, You saw the taper shining. By fits a sultry hectic hue Across her cheek was flying ; By fits so ashy pale she grew Her maidens thought her dying. Yet keenest powers to see and hear Seem'd in her frame residing ; Before the watch-dog prick'd his ear She heard her lover's riding ; Ere scarce a distant form was kenn'd She knew and waved to greet him, And o'er the battlement did bend As on the wing to meet him. He came — he pass'd — an heedless gaze As o'er...
Página 179 - English horsemen's foaming ranks Forced their resistless way. Then to the musket-knell succeeds The clash of swords — the neigh of steeds — As plies the smith his clanging trade, Against the cuirass rang the blade ; And while amid their close array The well-served cannon rent their way, And while amid their scatter'd band Raged the fierce rider's bloody brand, Recoil'd in common rout and fear, Lancer and guard and cuirassier, Horsemen and foot, — a mingled host Their leaders fall'n, their standards...
Página 98 - They shall run to and fro in the city, they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses, they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.